Originally Posted by
aero550
My only adviCe would be to look into flight instruction and/or charter jobs. They aren't quite as picky about residency.
A word of caution - you won't get a lot of sympathy from most US pilots about your situation, especially if you don't pull more than your weight in the cockpit. Management, on the other hand, may try to exploit your situation for cheap labor. It sort of puts you in a bad position either way.
I speak from experience, having worked with a few foreign pilots in the past. Some were great pilots/people and had my respect. Others were lazy and felt entitled to all the benefits. All of them had an uphill battle with their US peers.
Good luck.
Not looking for shortcuts. I knew when I left home that I won't ever have the same previledges. Not asking for sympathy. I was only asking for some dirctions to wether or not it's worth even getting my CFI just to work for 6 months.
Talking about cheap laber, even though I'd like to say I don't care for money reality is that I need money to survive. Starting pilots makes barely enough money to pay bills to began with. Still you are asking for cheap labor? I don't have a rich dady who is paying. If I take a pay cut on something thats already too low than I'll be bankrupt over night.