Originally Posted by
Double Dog Dare
What do you think prompted me to write the post? Not quite fair when I want to fly in another country yet can't get citizenship because I don't have a job waiting in that country and can't get a flight job because I'm not a citizen. And if I could, Europe/Canada/Asia want me to start at square one on the flight training.... not one simple test (if any) given to foreigners by the FAA. But a European pilot can migrate here, have practically no cost on the license conversion, and step right into a job, yet I can't do that over there..... So you tell me, wouldn't you be ****ed? Welcome to my side of the fence. The US needs some kind of Certification reciprocity.
What an absolute load of xenophobic bollocks. What do you think these people do, turn up at the borders saying let me in I'm a pilot??
You can't decide to just migrate to the US and get in. To get a job with any 121 carrier in the US, you have, at the very least got to have a work permit. You only get one of those if you're applying for a Green Card because either you've got family here or you're married to a US citizen.
You want a job in any of those countries? Get the right to work and live there, then convert your license and then apply for a job. It's no different than the US.