Originally Posted by
FullFlaps
I am currently in flight school.
What if you are a citizen and wanted to explore getting to 1,500 hours overseas as an FO and then coming back to the US? I would be willing to pay for the type rating on my own if need be. There have been a few threads of people that have flown in the middle east or asia and have come back to fly for the majors, I do not know what their experience was before working overseas.
What FAR's cover this?
I know several guys who came back from overseas to work for majors. All were dual citizens, had mostly grown up in the US, some had previous US regional time, and one had been a CA overseas.
They had all been overseas about ten years, had narrowbody or WB experience, and plenty of jet time.
You don't need to buy an FAA type, US airlines will all provide that training.
If you're looking at getting into the regionals, that should be no problem as long as you have a US CPL, 1500 hours, and right to work.