Australian pilots can work for US regionals.
Would not hesitate getting over here on an E3 if you're the slight bit interested, the industry is going bananas. I'm in corporate and they are losing pilots to the airlines like crazy. Major carriers are picking up all the experience corporate and regional guys they can get, leaving regional and corporate bare bones.
Get over while you can !
Get over while you can !
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Maybe, depends where you are. Plenty of jobs out there paying more than US regionals for similar experience. It boils down to want you want, airlines aren’t necessarily the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
As an aside for those who would like to make a more permanent move, the green card lottery is now open. As far as I am aware, simply entering into the lottery (and even chosen as a winner) does not signify immigrant intent, however applying for that visa after winning does.
Food for thought.
Food for thought.
:https://www.usagreencardlottery.org/...statistics.jsp
Can't win if ya don't enter. Lots of Aussies have taken a run at it :
https://www.usagreencardlottery.org/...statistics.jsp
:https://www.usagreencardlottery.org/...statistics.jsp
Lots of scams out there with regards to this.
Don't use that website to enter. Use www.dvlottery.state.gov
I just saw the stats and thought they were interesting.
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First, I'm not (yet) on an E3. You should get a reply from those airlines, Compass, Envoy, Mesa, SkyWest
They all have Australian's working on E3 Visas and for them its about 30 seconds work, prepared forms, all they do is
insert your name and shortly after an "LCA" arrives, the print a boilerplate Job offer, very similar to that for US pilots
and then you take it to the embassy and it will have a very high probability of success.
Now, smaller US operators, who do not look like big airlines do not know anything about an E3 visa.
In particular Most Universities, Colleges, flight schools have not got a clue about E3 and, its a very tough
sell unless you can hand them the paperwork for them to sign.
According to the youtube presenter from the US embassy in Canberra you do NOT need a degree
just 12 years experience if you do not have a degree.
If you have a US ATP then you should be good to go.
The problem arises when you have a degree but want to take a specialist occupation say
like crop spraying, because it does not normally require a degree then you cannot accept that job
and an E3 would not be issued because the job does not qualify.
Every time I explain that I hear WTF.????
Those are the US rules, and it works out very well for Australians who want to fly in the USA
The difference is, Australia will allow American Spray Pilots to work in Australia
as does Canada where Australian pilots do not even need to get a Canadian medical
its, just a foreign licence validation.... Australia does the same.
The USA has its rules that give it an unfair trade and employment advantage
but that's the way it is and its probably going to get worse.
But don't tell Donald Trump, he will suddenly realize that the United States is bleeding pilots and especially Instructors.
There is hardly a flight school in the USA that is not desperate for instructors.
They all have Australian's working on E3 Visas and for them its about 30 seconds work, prepared forms, all they do is
insert your name and shortly after an "LCA" arrives, the print a boilerplate Job offer, very similar to that for US pilots
and then you take it to the embassy and it will have a very high probability of success.
Now, smaller US operators, who do not look like big airlines do not know anything about an E3 visa.
In particular Most Universities, Colleges, flight schools have not got a clue about E3 and, its a very tough
sell unless you can hand them the paperwork for them to sign.
According to the youtube presenter from the US embassy in Canberra you do NOT need a degree
just 12 years experience if you do not have a degree.
If you have a US ATP then you should be good to go.
The problem arises when you have a degree but want to take a specialist occupation say
like crop spraying, because it does not normally require a degree then you cannot accept that job
and an E3 would not be issued because the job does not qualify.
Every time I explain that I hear WTF.????
Those are the US rules, and it works out very well for Australians who want to fly in the USA
The difference is, Australia will allow American Spray Pilots to work in Australia
as does Canada where Australian pilots do not even need to get a Canadian medical
its, just a foreign licence validation.... Australia does the same.
The USA has its rules that give it an unfair trade and employment advantage
but that's the way it is and its probably going to get worse.
But don't tell Donald Trump, he will suddenly realize that the United States is bleeding pilots and especially Instructors.
There is hardly a flight school in the USA that is not desperate for instructors.
To get back on topic - I contacted a few of the airlines who are offering E3 sponsorship from the list previously posted in this thread. Most completely ignored my correspondence. Piedmont was the only one that wrote back to say they were interested, and PSA responded to say they specifically do not sponsor applicants requiring an E3 Visa. The rest (e.g. Compass, Envoy, Mesa, SkyWest, ect) were all silent.
Can anyone provide an update as at August 2018? TIA.
Can anyone provide an update as at August 2018? TIA.
Others have commented on the education and experience requirements, so I will just add that the E-3 visa is not part of a trade agreement. It had its roots in the negotiations for the AUSFTA, but is not contained in the Agreement, or referred to in any way.
She also got a green card, which is quite a different matter. That one certainly had the fix in, as she managed to get a so-called "Einstein visa" (EB-1), a category for which she clearly did not qualify.
I think the outcome of your E3 application is only as good as your immigration lawyer.
Last edited by Bellthorpe; 13th Oct 2018 at 16:01.
First, I'm not (yet) on an E3. You should get a reply from those airlines, Compass, Envoy, Mesa, SkyWest
They all have Australian's working on E3 Visas and for them its about 30 seconds work, prepared forms, all they do is
insert your name and shortly after an "LCA" arrives, the print a boilerplate Job offer, very similar to that for US pilots
and then you take it to the embassy and it will have a very high probability of success.
Now, smaller US operators, who do not look like big airlines do not know anything about an E3 visa.
In particular Most Universities, Colleges, flight schools have not got a clue about E3 and, its a very tough
sell unless you can hand them the paperwork for them to sign.
According to the youtube presenter from the US embassy in Canberra you do NOT need a degree
just 12 years experience if you do not have a degree.
If you have a US ATP then you should be good to go.
The problem arises when you have a degree but want to take a specialist occupation say
like crop spraying, because it does not normally require a degree then you cannot accept that job
and an E3 would not be issued because the job does not qualify.
Every time I explain that I hear WTF.????
Those are the US rules, and it works out very well for Australians who want to fly in the USA
The difference is, Australia will allow American Spray Pilots to work in Australia
as does Canada where Australian pilots do not even need to get a Canadian medical
its, just a foreign licence validation.... Australia does the same.
The USA has its rules that give it an unfair trade and employment advantage
but that's the way it is and its probably going to get worse.
But don't tell Donald Trump, he will suddenly realize that the United States is bleeding pilots and especially Instructors.
There is hardly a flight school in the USA that is not desperate for instructors.
They all have Australian's working on E3 Visas and for them its about 30 seconds work, prepared forms, all they do is
insert your name and shortly after an "LCA" arrives, the print a boilerplate Job offer, very similar to that for US pilots
and then you take it to the embassy and it will have a very high probability of success.
Now, smaller US operators, who do not look like big airlines do not know anything about an E3 visa.
In particular Most Universities, Colleges, flight schools have not got a clue about E3 and, its a very tough
sell unless you can hand them the paperwork for them to sign.
According to the youtube presenter from the US embassy in Canberra you do NOT need a degree
just 12 years experience if you do not have a degree.
If you have a US ATP then you should be good to go.
The problem arises when you have a degree but want to take a specialist occupation say
like crop spraying, because it does not normally require a degree then you cannot accept that job
and an E3 would not be issued because the job does not qualify.
Every time I explain that I hear WTF.????
Those are the US rules, and it works out very well for Australians who want to fly in the USA
The difference is, Australia will allow American Spray Pilots to work in Australia
as does Canada where Australian pilots do not even need to get a Canadian medical
its, just a foreign licence validation.... Australia does the same.
The USA has its rules that give it an unfair trade and employment advantage
but that's the way it is and its probably going to get worse.
But don't tell Donald Trump, he will suddenly realize that the United States is bleeding pilots and especially Instructors.
There is hardly a flight school in the USA that is not desperate for instructors.
Piedmont and Commutair do though, which aren’t in your list.
I didn't have a degree but, when I got my E3 I had been around the industry for a while on top of all the usual studies for licenses ratings etc.
As bellthorpe said ,the interview is everything. Its not hard, treat it like you would an actual job interview.
Suit up, be organised, take paperwork for everything (and I mean everything) and act how you would expect a pilot to act. (confident and comfortable in your own shoes )
Although we Australians dont like to big note ourselves Americans are different.
You will also be judged by how you look and what you wear much more than what you are in Australia. Inside that consulate you are in the USA enjoy your time in the the USA you will have a blast
As bellthorpe said ,the interview is everything. Its not hard, treat it like you would an actual job interview.
Suit up, be organised, take paperwork for everything (and I mean everything) and act how you would expect a pilot to act. (confident and comfortable in your own shoes )
Although we Australians dont like to big note ourselves Americans are different.
You will also be judged by how you look and what you wear much more than what you are in Australia. Inside that consulate you are in the USA
enjoy your time in the the USA you will have a blast
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