Any indication why? I suppose you spoke/contacted them, would be interesting to know why.... No shortage of applicants, bad experience with Aussies, union pushback, admin burden....

Just for further info for Trans State... They advertise hiring Aussies, but when I spoke to them they hadn't actually hired any yet and seemed uncertain as to how the whole visa process works. It may be worth considering that if you run with them you may be the first one working out the wrinkles in their process.

Socks

The recruiter said and I quote "HQ was going back and forth for 2 weeks about hiring Australians on E-3 and they decided that the cost is not justified". I found it a bit weird in a way that Compass, GoJet and TSA are all under the same parent company and yet TSA is willing to take Aussies on E-3 (don't know if GoJet is still hiring Aussies) whilst Compass is not anymore.

AFAIK, there is not a single Aussie working at Compass under E-3 (except green card holders).

Piedmont recruiter told me the other day that there is no clause in their pilot contract preventing Aussies under E-3 flowing to AA mainline. It will suit Aussies in early to mid-20s I guess.

The advertisement on the afap website today, "Regional jet Pilots USA", sounds as if they're a consultancy firm, with what
appears to be linked to a gmail (email).

At least 1,500 hours are needed by an applicant, before applying for a U.S regional, also the night and IFR hours need to be met.

The ad. is saying only 1,000 hours is needed for them to place an applicant in contact with a regional, it doesn't sound correct.

I'd say a consultancy fee is also payable for their advice.
They sound like a middle man.

Yes, I'd be curious to hear how all that works. The flight times are regulatory and not negotiable by some agency. Maybe they're just casting a wide net at 1,000 hours to catch some people who, in about a year +/-, WILL have 1,500 hours and then be eligible ? But one year can see a lot of changes.

And why would one need an agency in this situation ? Haven't Aussies done rather well dealing directly with the airline ?

https://www.afap.org.au/pilot-jobs/p...0Pilots%20-USA

It's a Gmail account so I would say it's just a guy who thinks he can make a buck with referrals or a one person agency preying on the gullible.

....and it reads like the person who wrote it isn't a native English speaker..... Adds to the dodgyness factor.

G'day Safe landing

are u able to provide more info on what you enet through with the visa and training privately pls?

thanks

Before long, they'll forget about English altogether! :E

Latest call for Aussies from CommutAir, dated June 5:


https://www.latestpilotjobs.com/jobs/view/id/409.html

I've seen the latest CummutAir advertisement on the afap website, also the previous adv placed by the airline 5 months ago.

After reading all the posts on this topic, i've concluded, a person is eligible to apply for an E3 and go to the U.S Consulate,
only, when there is an offer of employment by the airline (person has been accepted to start type training by the airline).

**What i'd like to know and something that has been hidden in the advertisements lately, what are the minimum educational qualifications needed?

The current CommutAir adv, doesn't mention anything about educational requirements (only ATPL hour requirements), whilst the previous adv,
mentioned a high school diploma, or GED (US General Education Diploma- single exam of 4 subjects, 60% pass mark needed-designed for people
that didn't finish high school).

Or is some type of University Degree still needed?

Havick,

I read your previous posts and i'm aware you're flying there for a while now and appreciate your feedback.

Okay.

I'm talking about if an applicant apply's for a regional airline job from Australia, as advertised by Skywest and Commutair, recently and previously.
Yes, regional entry requirements for Australian applicants.

The lady at Commutair HR, said, a Bachelor degree is needed, as they're experiencing some problems getting E3's for applicants,

A Bachelor degree is needed or the relevant number of years industry work experience, is required, for the airline to sponsor an
applicant for a E3 visa.

Although an applicant may receive a possible job offer from a regional, the degree or industry work experience needs to be met,
to enable the airline to process the E3 visa via the consulate.

Skywest has the same requirements, Bachelor degree needed.

This is the feedback received, unless i've spoken to the wrong people in HR.

havick,

I hope you're right. Pulling the rug from under people who came here honestly under a good faith legal process would be unconscionable. But government has no conscience and therefore can never be trusted.

My question was more rhetorical than anything else.

There's some conflicting information around. I know of two people who have just been granted their E3 visas without a degree and around 5 years industry experience.

There is conflicting information around.

I enquired by phone and to spoke to a lady in Human Resources at CommutAir, that handles the Australian side of things,
The above written posts was the feedback recieved.
A Bachelor degree was mentioned, due to visa processing difficulties being experienced, or an applicant needed, the required number of years of industry work experience.

The feedback i received doesn't have to be gospel, further information is needed.
There have been posts on this topic in the last 6 months from persons, saying, they got knocked back by the Consulate for an E3 application and that's with 4 years industry work experience (no degree),
while other people got through and no degree or number of years.

It's probably best for a person to email skywest and Commutair and ask them about the visa requirements, in relation to the Bachelor degree and work experience requirements.
It's approaching mid year now, the advertisements from Skywest and CommutAir will continue all year round and years to come.

The more people that contribute to this topic and let everyone know of their experiences in getting the E3, the better the information everyone will have, prior to applying.

It wouldn't surprise me at all to find one consulate interpreting the rules differently from another (humans !! :* ). I see three consulates in Australia. Are the successful, degreeless people applying through one in particular ?

Are Republic Airlines doing E3s? I just got a no thanks email.

That's good news then!

Leaves me with skywest and gojet at the top of my list. Gotta shake this helicopter problem!

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They are my option by choice thankfully.

So why avoid gojet? I am at the pointy end of making a D so any info would be helpful.

What the chances of getting your pick of bases with Skywest say if I wanted Denver or Portland?

Thanks for your responses Havick

Yeah.... Read all that..... Going to give go jet a miss.

Is it true you need to front up to a FAA field office to get your licence converted?!

Mesa won't give you a job offer untill you have an FAA licence so it means a trip to the USA PRIOR to knowing if you can work for them. Is there a work around at all?

Perhaps Skywest offers conditional employment.

You'll be able to hold Denver in a relatively short amount of time on the CRJ, a fair bit longer, i"d say on the ERJ, and PDX is only an ERJ base which is really senior. You'd be waiting a while to get into there.

CRJ bases out of training usually rotate between Atlanta, Detroit, Chicago and Minneapolis.

ERJ bases I'm less sure about but I'd say Chicago or La Guardia

So you'll get hired by Skywest in Aus, get everything ready and join a class. You do not need to have a valid licence to participate in sim training, you don't need to go to an FSDO. Just make sure you have your verification letter, then when you do you last sim in training, which is essentially a flight test, your licence will get converted at that point to a full FAA ATP.

Good gouge, thanks nmop. So that's the letter from casa? Simply apply to casa, have it sent to my address then take it with me?

If mesa wants the letter first then I suspect they aren't getting many takers on the E3 visa!

Why do people like erj over crj? Seems to be a big skew.

Quote:

"So you'll get hired by Skywest in Aus, get everything ready and join a class. You do not need to have a valid licence to participate in sim training, you don't need to go to an FSDO. Just make sure you have your verification letter, then when you do you last sim in training, which is essentially a flight test, your licence will get converted at that point to a full FAA ATP."