Instructor jobs for foreign pilots in US

[Flyboy31]

Are any flight schools in the US willin to sponsor (offer work permit) to foreign pilots keen to work with them as flight instructors :)

[BRS_flyer]

In a word..........No.

There are some schools which are able to sponsor for a J-1 vocational visa which allows you to work as an instructor but if you are qualified any higher than a PPL then forget it. You will also need to do all the aditional qualifications at that school.

If you think that may work for you don't hang about cause the US govt has already announced their intention to stop offering J-1 visas for flight training soon. (2010 IIRC)

Best of Luck

[Xaxisian]

Am also intrested in this. I am currently in the US on a j-1 visa, doing flight instructing here. First I did all my training here in `07 and now I have been instructing in `08.
Next year im off back to Europe to convert and finish up to get my JAR frozen atpl.
Thing is, if its gonna be hard times getting into interviews(witch im afraid it will be..) with around 1000tt and most of it SE, than Id consider getting a work visa, come back, get multi engine instructor rating and keep instructing for some time.
Now I do not know alot about this, but I would imagine that showing up at the embassy with proof of getting job in the states from a company and a education witch I did in the states and that is only valid in the US, that I would be fairly qualified of getting a work permit...

Anyone?

[BRS_flyer]

Xaxisian (http://www.pprune.org/members/205509-xaxisian): You will have to check the details of it with your embassy but as I understand it a US employer cannot sponser you for any kind of work visa unless it is a position that there is a shortage of US citizens to perform. So that pretty much rules out any kind of pilot.

I also belive there is a clause in the Issue of a J-1 visa that states that when the visa expires you must return to your home country and are not eligible for any other US visa or residency application for 12 months, so that may be an issue for you.

Have a look at this site: US Immigration Lawyer Services - Apply Online: H-1B, K-1 Fiancee Visa, US Citizenship, and More. (http://www.visapro.com/) you may find that it answers many of your questions.

[Trans Lift]

"position that there is a shortage of US citizens to perform".

How about for JAA instructors teaching at JAA schools in the US? Technically most US citizens can't perform this because of the requirements to teach JAA syllabus and students (500 hrs without a JAA CPL(H) and getting on an JAA FI(H) course). :ugh:

[BRS_flyer]

You may have more luck going down the JAA instruction route but I would think that you would have to have a decent looking instructional CV already for a flight school to make that comitment to employ you. Also with sterling being so low at the moment many JAA schools may start to find their business suffering.

One thought: I know it is not the USA but Moncton Flight College in New Brunswick have had opeings for JAA FI in the past, and the work permit issues can be a lot simpler in Canada.

[b.a. Baracus]

European Flight Training | Modular Training | What is Modular Training? (http://www.flyeft.com/instructor.html) have a butchers at that.

[Pace152]

Just for your information, Moncton is one of the most professional flying schools I've seen but unfortunatly they're cancelling the JAA programme at the school so it wouldn't be possible to get work there as a JAA instructor.

[tbavprof]

How about for JAA instructors teaching at JAA schools in the US? ...because of the requirements to teach JAA syllabus and students (500 hrs without a JAA CPL(H) and getting on an JAA FI(H) course).

Would someone clarify that quote? To teach the JAA syllabus without a JAA CPL or JAA FI requires 500 hours of what? Dual instruction given with with any ICAO-recognized (like an FAA) instructor certificate?

Technically most US citizens can't perform this...

You're joking right? 500 hours of dual-given puts most US instructors at the point where they're thinking about writing a resume because they've almost got 135 PIC minimums in the logbook.

Also looking for truth for the rumor that there's no license/certificate required to teach the JAA ground subjects.