Originally Posted by
Colnago
sighs....I don't blame you for being so uninformed because everyone seems to think the same. It's no different in Europe than it is here. If you have a green card (permanent resident) for that country, you can work for the airline. Lufthansa, for example, requires permanent residency (NOT citizenship) and fluency in German. It's the same here in the US. If you have a green card and can speak English, you can fly for the airlines.
edit: reference page 2...
http://www.be-lufthansa.com/fileadmi...LH_E_Pilot.pdf
Sighs, eh?
Before you attack the OP, why don't you try and explain to me the inequity of transfering certificates between JAA and FAA? I don't think that you can. I know that when I fly a 172 in Ireland (for fun), my FAA ATP grants me a whopping PPL with day privleges only.... Meanwhile, the JAA pilot can go to a FSDO and AUTOMATICALLY be crossdecked with a Commercial certificate. One written and BAM, Instrument rating. One more written and checkride, ATP.....
Meanwhile, the FAA pilot, regardless of rating, has to start from square one in Europe.
And before you spout off about Emirates et al. I am talking about professional flying in Western Europe and Australia specifically, not some Third World country or 12th Century throwback city.