Thanks for the reply swedespeed!

You are absolutely correct about the MCC. I just reread the requirement page and it is MCC course OR (not “and”) 500 hours in multi crew environment. Ok. I feel kind of dumb today.

I don’t have any good contacts in the European market and I assumed that entry into it would be nearly impossible, but I did not know for sure. I saw that SAS was making huge cuts, but I also saw my dream airline order 4 more aircraft this January. This recession has hit aviation hard everywhere, but I’m optimistic that the industry will start healing.

I plan to simply work hard at my career here in the USA, meet all the requirements for my dream airline, and keep an active application open with them. With a little luck I may be in the right place at the right time.

I would appreciate any info on how airlines in Europe look at FAA trained pilots. Do we have a reputation bad, good, or otherwise? Would they just rather hire a native?

Thanks again swedespeed.