Originally Posted by Vegemite

I have a couple of problems with some of your questions.

Your question / comment regarding the name calling. I suggest you think of it from the perspective of back in Aus. There was almost blood in the water when the rumor went around last year that a certain contract airline in Aus was offering expat jobs. Now imagine that almost industry wide, jobs are being offered en mass to foreigners and suddenly you have serious concerns for your hopes of a job opportunity with decent salary and good progression are now perceived to be in serious jeopardy. I know I'd be pretty furious and my first reaction would be probably a lot worse.
Thankfully that's very arguably not presently the case in the US as the pilot shortage really is here, so in my humble opinion we're not taking jobs or putting pressure on conditions as we're simply a very small plug in a very big hole. Be that as it may, we are BEYOND privileged to have the opportunity to work over here, so I urge you to be more respectful when you're talking about this topic.
To answer the legitimate part of your question, bar one individual, it's a credit to the entire aviation industry in the US the way I've been accepted as a working professional by every crewmember I've worked with. Remember however, if you're an fwit, you'll still get treated like one, so the problem may not be your nationality if you find you're being treated poorly.

Training is training. Fine, there's the American regs, but they're not difficult to learn. Just remember there's literally tens of thousands of pilots with all abilities who have successfully gone through the system before you and that in itself should be a comfort.

Become a plumber if you want employment security. I don't mean to be facetious, but you're asking if a 2 year (renewable) visa is grounds for a solid future... No airline has offered green card sponsorship (edit: that I'm aware of) in the nearly 10 years the E3 has been actively used by the airlines here. Every renewal could be your last, even for those who have made it into the training department (yes there are a few). Oh, yeah you could always marry a local though.

I'll finish on a lighter note. Moving to the US has been fantastic, if not slightly confronting. Imagine you've walked into your living room and someone's come in and moved all the items in the room 5 cm to the left. It looks almost identical but everything is just so slightly different.