Originally Posted by
dojetdriver
Could be wrong, but I though I heard that all the FE's are Japanese nationals.
There are a few American guys with NCA in the FE seat in SFO. Possibly JFK as well. But there are no positions to be had, currently they have a glut of Japanese engineers just like JAL.
Southern Air just put into service one of their GE powered freighters, so it appears they are accelerating the retirement of their classic fleet as well.
My friend figures he has another 2 years or so.