Originally Posted by rickair7777

The lack of turbine PIC will hurt your chances with the top tier, but apply anyway, they do sometimes hire regional FO's without turbine PIC and your resume is more interesting than that. In the meantime I'd probably get on with a regional, but try to avoid any which have stagnant seniority lists.. a relatively quick upgrade and TPIC should make you competitive.


Re. Green Card vs. Visa...

1. US employers cannot legally discriminate against non-citizens who have permanent right to work. I know that applies to green card holders, and assume it applies to at least some visas as well (some visas are obviously restricted by design). You might want to research that or just ask an immigration lawyer to be safe.

2. I can understand why airlines might prefer a green card over a visa which is not permanent... they don't want to invest in a lot of training and then have your visa eligibility rescinded for whatever reason.

So yes they can legally hire you, but they might or might not be able to legally discriminate against your visa status, and you need to find the answer to that.