Australian pilots can work for US regionals.
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Yes i know E3 is for employment. The flight school i intend to join is authorized to enroll non immigrant students so they will help me out with M1 visa. I was talking to them about E3 visa and none of them knew what it was!
Thanks for the info.
Thanks for the info.
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Water off a ducks back mate!!! As my mate chopper Read would say.....Harden the "F" up!!
Last edited by Pakehaboy; 18th June 2016 at 16:45.
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From: USA
"The laws that govern workplace ethics are so strong,that only a fool would contemplate airing malice thoughts."
Pakehaboy,
Are you referring to the US or elsewhere ?
"I wonder what the American pilots think of alien pilots flying in the USA."
c100driver,
I doubt you'll see much if any animosity. The expats who fly here are relatively few percentage-wise and do so legally via green card, dual citizenship, visa, etc. The process is a bit involved under the best circumstances. If you can jump the hurdles, welcome aboard.
We have a HUGE freakin' aviation industry here...room for lots of people.
Pakehaboy,
Are you referring to the US or elsewhere ?
"I wonder what the American pilots think of alien pilots flying in the USA."
c100driver,
I doubt you'll see much if any animosity. The expats who fly here are relatively few percentage-wise and do so legally via green card, dual citizenship, visa, etc. The process is a bit involved under the best circumstances. If you can jump the hurdles, welcome aboard.
We have a HUGE freakin' aviation industry here...room for lots of people.
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From: USA
Many thanks to all for your info. Yes you are very correct Havick. I was speaking to one of the schools over there and they know nothing about the E3 Visa. Kinda mind draining trying to explain it to them.
All in all USA will be it for me for my flight training. I think i took a safe bet after withdrawing my offer from RIMT.
All in all USA will be it for me for my flight training. I think i took a safe bet after withdrawing my offer from RIMT.
I don't think you quite fully grasp who would be able to work here on an E3.
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" A buddy of mine just submitted his app and is now sorting out his interview date. "
havick,
Your friend is an Australian citizen living in Australia currently and has no ties to the USA ? And has his FAA tickets already ? Just trying to see how this whole visa thing is playing out. :-)
havick,
Your friend is an Australian citizen living in Australia currently and has no ties to the USA ? And has his FAA tickets already ? Just trying to see how this whole visa thing is playing out. :-)
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From: USA
You need to email Heather Bowers (recruiter) and she gives you a pseudo SSN to use in the meantime.
They're apparently changing the whole online submission to use a PIN number instead of SSN but in the meantime they're giving you a pseudo SSN that doesn't exist until the system changes over.
Good luck
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" A buddy of mine just submitted his app and is now sorting out his interview date. "
havick,
Your friend is an Australian citizen living in Australia currently and has no ties to the USA ? And has his FAA tickets already ? Just trying to see how this whole visa thing is playing out. :-)
havick,
Your friend is an Australian citizen living in Australia currently and has no ties to the USA ? And has his FAA tickets already ? Just trying to see how this whole visa thing is playing out. :-)
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From: Behind a CB near you
I have just lost one of my employees to an aforementioned regional carrier in the US... He starts in just over a month. No FAA License and no visa as yet. Everything will be taken care of. From the time he applied to the time he was given a start date was only around 2 months.
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"I have just lost one of my employees to an aforementioned regional carrier in the US..."
Nfw,
Did your employee have a 4-year college degree ? There's been debate in some quarters about that requirement to qualify for the E-3 visa.
Nfw,
Did your employee have a 4-year college degree ? There's been debate in some quarters about that requirement to qualify for the E-3 visa.
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I know some other pilots that have got an E3 without a college degree and without 12 years flying but that was to fly firebombing helicopters and not flying for a regional. I guess it depends on the consulate interviewer on the day.
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From: USA
Otherwise there isn't a shortage of guys for stock standar 135 charter flying.
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Just using PDT for rhetorical discussion, I wonder if an E-3 holder would be able to flow to AA mainline. The whole flow thing is much discussed and only time will tell.
I can see if an Australian were to weave the Magic Aussie Spell on some of the local talent and marry into a green card, it wouldn't be an issue. Not sure how the E-3 would affect the theoretical flow situation.
And the AA careers website doesn't address the 4-year degree issue at all (unless I've overlooked something).
I can see if an Australian were to weave the Magic Aussie Spell on some of the local talent and marry into a green card, it wouldn't be an issue. Not sure how the E-3 would affect the theoretical flow situation.
And the AA careers website doesn't address the 4-year degree issue at all (unless I've overlooked something).