Originally Posted by Sliceback (Post 2648401)

He's a late 2014 AA new hire. Good guy.

I forget how long he was at EK. He's too young (<40) to have been hired before 9/11. I'd guess he was hired by EK in the 2005-2008 time frame.

Originally Posted by galaxy flyer (Post 2648428)

I worked, in the US as a US citizen, for a foreign company. Obtaining work visas for internal moves required legal work and a lot of HR angst to move Canadians across the border. They were reluctant sponsors of work visas. There is no way a US mainline carrier will sponsor a non-US pilot for a work visa. Try marriage and it still isn’t easy, then go to a regional, maybe in 2-3 years, optimistically you’ll be competitive.

GF

Originally Posted by galaxy flyer (Post 2648453)

By “not easy” that’s what I meant, a pain in the butt with the US bureaucracy silliness. It’ll happen just time consuming.

GF

Originally Posted by Sliceback (Post 2648381)

Release the mic button for a second and listen to rickair, zonda and dera. They pointed out the reality you’re facing and you’re not listening.

1. You’re not flying 121
2. It’s hard to get hired as a civilian if you don’t have 121 experience.
3. It’s hard to get hired with the TT you have. Avg among your competition is 5000-7500 and that includes 3-4K PIC time.
4. US airlines don’t care that you’re current in the AB. There is no training cost savings.
5. You have no PIC time.
6. You have no 121 PIC time.

Your current resume is a low probability path to getting hired. Staying at Saudi is a low probability to getting hired. There are options (AA WO) that are almost 100% that you’ll get a major US airline job. Almost all your options for success go through a regional job.

Your current salary is great. It’s in Saudi’s Arabia. The Chinese are paying more and young guys intent on improving their odds of getting a job at the majors airlines in the U.S. aren’t chasing the current dollars in China. They’re taking a long term view and doing the job you think is beneath you.

Originally Posted by galaxy flyer (Post 2648428)

I worked, in the US as a US citizen, for a foreign company. Obtaining work visas for internal moves required legal work and a lot of HR angst to move Canadians across the border. They were reluctant sponsors of work visas. There is no way a US mainline carrier will sponsor a non-US pilot for a work visa. Try marriage and it still isn’t easy, then go to a regional, maybe in 2-3 years, optimistically you’ll be competitive.

GF

Originally Posted by BA320 (Post 2648593)

There are some airlines that sponsors foreign pilots but I understand not all of them do and The sponsorship can be a headache because it’s risky!!! in fact my roommate from college is sponsored by JetBlue, yet I know a quite few who JB refused to sponsor!! They gave him a job offer and a sponsorship after he finished his internship which is very recent.

Originally Posted by dera (Post 2648608)

JetBlue sponsored 0 visas for pilots. Dude, cut the crap.

Originally Posted by BA320 (Post 2648613)

My friend is a safety analyst not a pilot. But thst is interesting because I have been into a career fair couple of months ago and spoke to JB recruiter I explained to him my situation and he suggested that I should apply never brought up the issue of sponsorship but he can be wrong. Are you 100% sure ? Nothing have changed recently? Do you know any major airline that offers sponsorship?