To Train or not to Train
FlightSafetyBoeing in California is having a hell of time training
the Saudi's in the MD90, crews can not get visa's and it is not from a lack of trying. The crews are basically told to go home and wait for a phone call from the consulate, this is pretty sad as the Saudis having been training in the US for years, all of the crews get their ATP's in the US, and continue to return to the US as they change aircraft.
To get around the visa problems, the Saudis are using training centers outside of the US. The Saudis buy AMERICAN made aircraft but can not train in the same country they buy the aircraft from, do I smell AIRBUS in the future!!!
MIDNIGHT MIKE
(Ground Pounder)