True, but as you point out, the key is eligibility and those Brazilians were not. With a US citizen for a wife, am111 is in principal, eligible for Permanent Residency so will meet that requirement. A colleague of mine with around 10K on 737's/320's in the UK applied for several jobs with regionals in the US a few years ago on the basis that he wanted a ticket to live and work in the States. He told me he didn't get a single response from any of them. Coincidentally, I met a skipper from the US flying the 'bus for BA yesterday - I guess it works both ways.