I don't have a beef with foreign pilots.

Want someone to blame for thousands of your brothers furloughed? Blame the seniority system. That's really why they're furloughed. Has nothing to do with foreigners.

No US airline, to my knowledge, has a clause that will provide sponsorship to a foreign pilot. That foreigner has to have permanent residency in the US (green card) at the minimum. If he/she does... so what? They have every legal right to work in the US, just like you do...

However, they cannot:

- hold security clearance... green card holders cannot be FFDO's for example.
- hold an elected office until they become citizens, and they can never be the president.
- vote.
- be commissioned officers in the military - they can however enlist.

Also, before every simulator training session, even green card holders have to obtain TSA clearance, unlike US citizens.

As for griping about JAA/EASA and how it's a PITA to obtain their license, well.... you may have a point there - though if you have residency in the EU, and if you're typed, they can validate your license and you can fly with them for up to a year on a validated FAA license, though at some point you'll need to convert it to full JAA license.

Take it easy bud... lots of us are living/flying and making a decent living abroad because we refuse to be paid peanuts in the US.