US crew visas for M.E. Carriers and their crews.
I wanted to know if EK/EY/QR flight deck crew are required to have U.S. Visas for US bound flights?
In the airline I fly for, crews do need the visa for US bound flights, and it seems as though the US immigration use profiling for these purposes; as such, many middle eastern or other ethnic crew were unable to attain the crew visa.
Seeing as the middle eastern big 3 airlines have many crew from these countries, how has it worked out for them?
Cheers for the responses!