Direct quote from a pilot in recruiting at Etihad, "I'm assuming you hold an FAA licence too which is not one of our preferred licences."
We'll forget the basic grammar mistake for a second.
This attitude demonstrates that what Wolf has said does have some truth to it. Since this particular individual and I hold the exact same ratings in the UAE I thought about challenging him to a contest to see who the more knowledgable pilot is, but figured it would be like tilting at windmills. Guys with prejudices like this can't be swayed. Instead I wrote the FAA with a copy of his entire letter asking them to ramp check all Etihad flights arriving at JFK
Also thought about writing the DOT to ask them to very carefully review all route requests into the USA by such an obviously prejudiced outfit until such time as they start to hire more Americans with FAA certificates.
Typhoonpilot