British Pilot moving to US
 

Hi everyone,

I am currently saving up the required funds to become a commercial pilot and just had a question which I have not been able to find on any of the forums.

I was wondering how hard it is for a UK pilot with many hours and a good background to work for a US airline. Is it just like the process in Europe, where there is an interview etc, or will your application be immediatley disegarded becuase you're not from America.


Thanks

Charlie940

If you want to work in a different country, you will need:

-a work Visa for that specific country.
-a license from this specific country.
-a medical from this specific country.

No it is not, as hueyracer has pointed out.

At the moment ;) as a UK national you have the right to apply for work anywhere within the EU. The same doesn't apply for the US.

The first question is "do you have the right to reside in the US"?
If the answer is yes and you intend to move here and then commence the FAA training then be aware that in the US a license with minimal hours will not get you many jobs apart from flight instructing, if you have the Instructor Rating.
If you do not have the right to reside in the US then you are at a dead end because there is no hope of job sponsorship.
Good luck.

The Permanet Resident Visa, aka a "green card" because, ah, it's green, will be a requirement. No American airline is going to sponsor a foreign national for a visa with the number of American passport/green card holding pilots available for work. Once past this hurdle, the fact you are a foreign national will be irrelevant.

There's some info in the North American forum. It may be on the "converting JAA to FAA" thread.

Thanks for all the helpfull replies!

No, it isn´t....

Well, ok, it's got a lot of green ink on it.

Newer ones getting closer to green

two theories as to the name green card.

1. Years ago, almost every country on the planet used green cards for these 'resident alien' cards.

2. people with 'resident alien' cards were considered to be 'green' (as in new), so their 'resident alien' cards were called 'green' cards

Since no-one can remember the green cards being actually green way back (mine was, I believe blue in 1965 in the USA), I tend to believe it's number 2

Darkroomsource,

You just have too short a memory. They were green from the end of WW2 through the fifties till the early sixties.