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Old 02-26-2009, 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Double Dog Dare View Post
Why is it that the FAA allowed all the foreigners in to take US corporate pilot jobs, when its already so difficult to get a good job? A US pilot can't go to Canada/Europe/Asia unless they retake all their flight tests, yet anyone can come to the US and their license is automatically converted by the pencil-whipping FAA. You want to stimulate the economy, then start protecting your domestic pilots first.
First of all, foreign pilots can not get a corporate job so easily. Any foreign ATP pilot needs to get his ATP written and need to take a flight test with the FAA to get their FAA ATP. As such, the FAA is only complying with the law and regulations of the United States of America. In addition these guys, in order to be competitive, usually need an FAA type-rating, since foreign type-ratings are not endorsed by the FAA. As a side note, this process already brings some kind of substantial money to the US economy. Secondly, as stated in the previous post, that means nothing if you do not have the right to work in the US. Many of these guys, and I am one of them, initially came to the US to do jobs requiring some high-level of education and because US employers were not able at that time to find the right candidates domestically. While performing their job for many years, these guys got their FAA ratings (more money brought to the US economy) and finally, since this country is a free country until proven otherwise, and because it was their legal right to do so, they decided to pursue a second career in aviation. Now, I do not believe that the number of foreign pilots in the corporate world is responsible for the fact that the current situation is crap for almost everybody. Finally, it is usual to target foreign citizens when **** hits the fan. Let us not forget that these individuals worked through the system legally, brought something to this country and, like myself became US citizens.
My humble suggestion is for you to direct your anger and understandable frustration to those who are responsible for today's situation. Scapegoating (not sure that is a proper term) corporate foreign pilots is not going to fix the current ****ty jobmarket. That being said, I wish you will be one day on the other side of the fence and let us know how you feel.
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