Moving to the USA
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I'm a F/O for a regional airline and am starting the process to bring my soon to be Colombian wife up, she was a flight attendant and will want to do that here. This is a good thread, and as Zondaracer and others have stated, the regionals aren't the greatest to be, the only way I'm dealing with it is that I keep telling myself it's building my flight time and I'm supposed to upgrade within the next 6 months. There is a guy at my airline from Nottingham, his last job was at Colgan Airlines on the Q400. Flight instructing is the way to build time to get to the 1500, I did this but was hired here with 950TT. Some of the guys/gals in my new hire class had 250ish (1 had 11 multi-engine but she washed out) and most of them are sweating having the ATP mins by august, if they don't they will lose their jobs. The 250 hour wonders will not happen again here in the states.
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US imigration!
Hi,
I went through the hideous process back in 2002 after I left the RAf. I ended up getting married! - It was still a long drawn out process, but by far the easiest method of getting into the US.
I am also a Welshman, however I now hold a US passport (as of 3 years ago). A friend tried to move over on the business license, but failed dismally even after he bought a flatering business for over 50K$ ! He couldnt get permission to stay for more than 90 days! - It is real madness !
I am currently persuing my PPl here, when funds permit!
Have you thought about approaching one of the flight schools over here? Maybe you can broker a deal for sponsorship especially with the Farsi!
We have an ANA training facility near me, - Bakersfield, CA , or I beleive a lot of the big boys have schools. Perhaps you could use the European angle as experience to get sponsored. Or perhaps the CAA / FAA courses that some schools offer. You would be tied to them for a number of years with the sponsorship, but perhaps that would help .
There are a few UAV/UAS jobs being advertised here at the moment also - check Lockheed Martin etc.
Good luck !
Hugh
I went through the hideous process back in 2002 after I left the RAf. I ended up getting married! - It was still a long drawn out process, but by far the easiest method of getting into the US.
I am also a Welshman, however I now hold a US passport (as of 3 years ago). A friend tried to move over on the business license, but failed dismally even after he bought a flatering business for over 50K$ ! He couldnt get permission to stay for more than 90 days! - It is real madness !
I am currently persuing my PPl here, when funds permit!
Have you thought about approaching one of the flight schools over here? Maybe you can broker a deal for sponsorship especially with the Farsi!
We have an ANA training facility near me, - Bakersfield, CA , or I beleive a lot of the big boys have schools. Perhaps you could use the European angle as experience to get sponsored. Or perhaps the CAA / FAA courses that some schools offer. You would be tied to them for a number of years with the sponsorship, but perhaps that would help .
There are a few UAV/UAS jobs being advertised here at the moment also - check Lockheed Martin etc.
Good luck !
Hugh
