WMU
It is my understanding from the meeting on Friday that WMU intends to cease all JAA training once the present contracts are completed.Indeed the Dean stated that they had no intent of actively seeking further JAA contracts, but intended to consolidate their FAA program and UK style FAA accelerated programs such as Delta. Incidently what are the "Delta Disasters" and who has called them such?
This September the College intends to renew its JAA/CAA certification. This it has to do to fulfill its obligation to those students already undergoing training. This training is due to be completed by March/April 2003.
After March 2003 the JAA training will not be able to continue as there will be insufficient expat/JAA instructors remaining.
The J1 visa when issued is done on the condition/stipulation that the bearer is fulfilling a task/job that cannot be fulfilled by a US resident. Therefore after March some of the instructors will find themselves in an untenable situation and will be forced to leave, irrespective of their wish to stay or willingness to pay tax and back taxes. Not all of the instructors have applied for "green cards".
My sources for this are students and instructors at WMU.