Originally Posted by exwaterski

Okay no offense but you really don't know what you're talking about. There is not a world full of ATP's beating down the door to come fly in the US for 20K a year. It's AMERICA that's a source of pilot labor for the rest world not the other way around. If it were so easy to generate experienced pilots out of thin air India and China and every Middle Eastern country would already be doing it they surely wouldn't be paying Americans and Brits and Aussies huge $$$ to fly their planes. And thinking they can attract European ATP holders to move to 'Murica and fly an RJ for 20K a year is laughable.