Canadian Pilot Exodus to the US

killbilly said:
A large percentage of our line check airman are Australian. I believe the company has been dangling green card sponsorship as a carrot to get our captains to stay.
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That's why I'm glad we haven't gotten into the E-3 game at my shop.

When you start having a growing population of pilots whose legality hinges on employer sponsorship, decisions start getting made differently.
 
derg said:
That's why I'm glad we haven't gotten into the E-3 game at my shop.

When you start having a growing population of pilots whose legality hinges on employer sponsorship, decisions start getting made differently.
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True. And it's also true that almost universally, it's a heck of lot easier for a foreigner to get an FAA ticket than it is for an American to get a foreign ticket.
 
The challenge isn't the conversion, the challenge is "the legal right to work in the United States" and "unlimited entries/exits without restriction".
 
derg said:
That's why I'm glad we haven't gotten into the E-3 game at my shop.

When you start having a growing population of pilots whose legality hinges on employer sponsorship, decisions start getting made differently.
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yeah agreed...

my wife does a lot of hiring for her analyst team, when they filter for just Masters degree in Analytics or Statistics ....90% are non citizens of a Middle East or Far East descent who 50% of the time require visa sponsorship to stay in the states post graduation. It costs her company about 20K a pop. with no guarantee that they stay for longer than a year....
 
derg said:
The challenge isn't the conversion, the challenge is "the legal right to work in the United States" and "unlimited entries/exits without restriction".
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I get it. I'm just saying that if work visa laws were as they should be (in other words, there were none) we, in aviation, would still have a huge imbalance in the free movement of labor simply as a function of conversion inequalities.
 
CFIT99 said:
yeah agreed...

my wife does a lot of hiring for her analyst team, when they filter for just Masters degree in Analytics or Statistics ....90% are non citizens of a Middle East or Far East descent who 50% of the time require visa sponsorship to stay in the states post graduation. It costs her company about 20K a pop. with no guarantee that they stay for longer than a year....
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I think it speaks to a much broader conversation about the future of the country. We've both made higher education hyper-expensive and also convinced ourselves that it's some sort of elitist indoctrination zone. However, we still need Masters and PhD's to remain relevant on the world stage. But other westernized nations are still cranking out educated people with reckless abandon. Deep thoughts… :)
 
derg said:
I think it speaks to a much broader conversation about the future of the country. We've both made higher education hyper-expensive and also convinced ourselves that it's some sort of elitist indoctrination zone. However, we still need Masters and PhD's to remain relevant on the world stage. But other westernized nations are still cranking out educated people with reckless abandon. Deep thoughts… :)
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Yeah but those fancy PHDs keep telling me that if I wanna live in my suburb with a grass lawn in Arizona and drive my F150 45 minutes to work every day it’s gonna melt the ice caps. AS IF I CARE ABOUT THAT WOKE CRAP
 
derg said:
I think it speaks to a much broader conversation about the future of the country. We've both made higher education hyper-expensive and also convinced ourselves that it's some sort of elitist indoctrination zone. However, we still need Masters and PhD's to remain relevant on the world stage. But other westernized nations are still cranking out educated people with reckless abandon. Deep thoughts… :)
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agreed

fun observation, when my wife was hired in the position 12 years ago it required a BA and 5+ years of experience for ~40k, now its a BA or Masters in anaylytics, (preferably AI) that starts around 90-120k with certain computer science/game theory/analytics demanding 150k+
 
Roger Roger said:
Yeah but those fancy PHDs keep telling me that if I wanna live in my suburb with a grass lawn in Arizona and drive my F150 45 minutes to work every day it’s gonna melt the ice caps. AS IF I CARE ABOUT THAT WOKE CRAP
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RICH PEOPLE NORTH OF RICHMOND! YAAAAAR!
 
derg said:
I'm just feeling kind of studly after 86'ing a pirate with a laser drill in Starfield at 0230 this morning.
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My fo right now is excited about starfield. I don’t have time for another video game and it’s not going to get much better until probably February, but I’m tempted
 
Roger Roger said:
My fo right now is excited about starfield. I don’t have time for another video game and it’s not going to get much better until probably February, but I’m tempted
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You know, it's less than what I hoped for but better than I expected.

What I really want is for Elite Dangerous to get it's crap together, merge with Star Citizen (which is NEVER coming out of Alpha) and make a robust MMORPG.
 
I hear a fair number of 121 jets with Aussie and what sounds like maybe South African accents on the radio.
 
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