alvrb211

BA is full of foreign (non Brit) pilots, many of whom aren't ex airforce.

They will hire you if you are legal just as the US carriers will hire foreigners if they are legal. Pretty simple laws really.

AL

cruiseclimb

I'm sure there are lots of non-Brit European pilots.

alvrb211

Not just EU. They have pilots from all over the world.

AL

Typhoonpilot

You're talking about BA mainline right? Not the commuters/regionals/feeders that fly in BA colors?

TP

Typhoonpilot

The site was sold to somebody ( same group that owns PPrune I think ) who have placed the same syle of banner ads that PPrune have, often times the exact same ads. Problem is the ads are targeted at non U.S. people. This site is primarily a U.S. site with the majority of the members being U.S. citizens. The EPI ad at the top of the page is a classic example. The fine print of their contract prohibits the sale of their shares to U.S. citizens.


Typhoonpilot

Bellerophon

Well, for an airline that some think doesn’t employ any Americans, I seem to have learnt a lot about the F1-11 from somewhere!

With around 3,000 pilots employed in mainline BA, we have many nationalities and ethnic backgrounds represented, including some, although not many, Americans. We even have some of your Northerly neighbours as well!

Sadly we are not recruiting at the moment, quite the reverse in fact, however here are the current requirements.

BRITISH AIRWAYS PILOT ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Residency

• Passport allowing unrestricted worldwide travel
• Entitled to live and work in the EU without time restriction

Qualifications

• Full UK issued JAA/CAA ATPL or Frozen ATPL
• Current JAA/CAA Class 1 medical

Language Skills

• Spoken and written fluency in English
• Clear diction

Physical

• Physically fit, currently well and in possession of a JAA/CAA Class 1 Medical.
• Height between 1.57m (5'2") and 1.91m (6'3") with weight in proportion to height.

Note the lack of any upper age limit, illegal under EU law, and the strict imposition of the fifth qualification!

Of the few American pilots I've flown with, a typical profile would be that whilst a USAF pilot, on deployment in the UK, they met and married an English girl and then stayed/returned to UK on leaving the USAF. Upper Heyford seems to have been a particularly dangerous posting in this respect!

If you have the right to live and work in the EU, the biggest nuisance will probably be having to convert your FAA licence into a JAA/CAA licence.

I hope this helps and I look forward to seeing more of you "over here" when recruitment picks up again!

Best Regards

Bellerophon

Giggity

QANTAS won't hire you unless you have the right to work in Australia...and they're still on here.

David Watts

If you want BA on here than have someone put their information together and submit it to the people that run the site. I don't believe they go out and get the info, people just send it to them.

alvrb211

This is what I'm driving at. No US airline will hire a foreigner unless they are legal to reside and work in the US. Same in most nations.

AL