Reverserbucket,
I suppose it's hard to know how many foreign nationals would qualify under the "married to" or dual citizenship banner to grease the skids into the US regionals. But I suspect those who do just take matters into their hands individually. You'd expect some enterprising FTO to put together a program for them (those with existing non-FAA tickets).
I keep hearing that many regionals are struggling to fill seats but it's mostly anecdotal from here in the Peanut Gallery except for the one where I have a little bit of inside perspective…and it's not the best of the lot (nor the worst). It's puzzling that these airlines would sit there and let things go to pot without exhausting every potential source. Have they ?
There are frequently ways around the ham fisted interference of the kakistocracy.
Maybe it's just not all THAT dire ?
And then, there's that Aussie thing…untapped resource ? Maybe someone should've told Republic. :-))
Last edited by bafanguy; 27th Apr 2016 at 13:45.