Originally Posted by
saab2000
The law of unintended consequences will undoubtedly come into effect here. When, in a few years, the regional airlines need to hire in significant numbers there will be very, very few pilots with the requisite experience.
What could this mean? Foreign pilots being imported en masse to operate US equipment.
Don't think this can't happen? It happens all over the world.
This is one of the most pathetic theories I have read on APC. I have no clue how you came about such an idea with the ‘law of unintended consequences’ but lets look at all the requirements that need to be fulfilled by a foreign pilot to fly as a commercial pilot for hire in the United States:
-These pilots would need to obtain a VISA with a work permit; this is not easily handed out by the U.S government; It can take YEARS for people to get this even after they have been in this country for a while
-These pilots would need to pass the TSA security investigation.
-These pilots would need to either convert or validate there certificates and I am pretty sure the commercial portion of this would have to be done with a Designated Examiner (checkride) either way. It depends what country the FAA has an agreement with, not necessarily the authorized agency.
-As ATPCliff stated, foreign pilots make so much more than U.S pilots. Do you
really thing these pilots are going to flood our market to join the ranks of our regionals?
Give me a break…