Contract / Air Mekong / Foreign Experience
02-19-2011, 08:57 AM
#11
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I'll add to the FAA license validation / foreign license issue.
Generally, a contract job for a short period of time will have your FAA license validated, and you will be a foreigner in that country.
In Nigeria, I was required to have one year of FAA validation on my ATP, before I could apply for the Nigerian ATPL. Also, I had to wait the year to get the resident visa for Nigeria (important for IRS tax rules).
Generally, a contract job for a short period of time will have your FAA license validated, and you will be a foreigner in that country.
In Nigeria, I was required to have one year of FAA validation on my ATP, before I could apply for the Nigerian ATPL. Also, I had to wait the year to get the resident visa for Nigeria (important for IRS tax rules).
02-19-2011, 09:17 AM
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UPS has specifically looked for international experience in the past. With the others it could help set you apart from the crowd. As mentioned Fedex has a 5 year requirement to be resident in the USA. If you are resident outside of the USA you can not go to work for Fedex. Commuting would be the only to remain resident in the USA. From their website:
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•Ability to obtain clearance from United States Postal Service for handling or access to U.S. mail, which includes FBI fingerprint check, and candidate must have resided in the United States for the last five consecutive years (except for U.S. military assignments)
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•Ability to obtain clearance from United States Postal Service for handling or access to U.S. mail, which includes FBI fingerprint check, and candidate must have resided in the United States for the last five consecutive years (except for U.S. military assignments)
02-19-2011, 02:57 PM
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To RNAV. Don't hold out for Air Mekong directly to get hired, nor should you put all your eggs in one basket. If you wanted to fly for AM the only way is through ASA or now AS. So you would still have to get hired through a US regional carrier.
02-20-2011, 04:01 AM
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Remember that the PRIA requirements now require USA Airlines to verify employment with the foreign airline. That means the foreign airline must send a letter directly to your USA employer verifying employment, without that letter going through your hands. Having worked for several foreign airlines and seen how things get lost in translation, my concern would be that:
1. The foreign airline which is not accustomed to PRIA requirements just ignored the request
2. The office personnel of the foreign airline don't know enough english to read it or respond to it
3. The foreign airline is out of business by the time such documentation is needed.
4. Due to limited English ability the whole thing will get mistranslated or messed up somehow in the office of the foreign airline.
1. The foreign airline which is not accustomed to PRIA requirements just ignored the request
2. The office personnel of the foreign airline don't know enough english to read it or respond to it
3. The foreign airline is out of business by the time such documentation is needed.
4. Due to limited English ability the whole thing will get mistranslated or messed up somehow in the office of the foreign airline.
02-20-2011, 11:17 AM
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Remember that the PRIA requirements now require USA Airlines to verify employment with the foreign airline. That means the foreign airline must send a letter directly to your USA employer verifying employment, without that letter going through your hands. Having worked for several foreign airlines and seen how things get lost in translation, my concern would be that:
1. The foreign airline which is not accustomed to PRIA requirements just ignored the request
2. The office personnel of the foreign airline don't know enough english to read it or respond to it
3. The foreign airline is out of business by the time such documentation is needed.
4. Due to limited English ability the whole thing will get mistranslated or messed up somehow in the office of the foreign airline.
1. The foreign airline which is not accustomed to PRIA requirements just ignored the request
2. The office personnel of the foreign airline don't know enough english to read it or respond to it
3. The foreign airline is out of business by the time such documentation is needed.
4. Due to limited English ability the whole thing will get mistranslated or messed up somehow in the office of the foreign airline.
We're good to go..no need to worry about this stuff.
02-20-2011, 09:44 PM
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Cabotage? LOL.....
When you get a local company who knows nothing about aviation to put their names down on a piece of paper to be the front runner, while SkyWest is behind the scenes pulling all the strings, Cabotage or any other restriction on foreign operations disappears in thin air.
If you don't believe Air Mekong is an American company, take a close look at our operation; from the top down in Flight Operation is 100% run by Americans. All our pilots are Americans. What other "foreign" airline you can think of that employs 100% Americans?
Last edited by HanoiHILTON; 02-20-2011 at 10:30 PM.
02-20-2011, 10:51 PM
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Thank you for calling me a genius...but I would have to defer that title to the likes of Jerry Atkins and Co. from SkyWest Holdings!
Cabotage? LOL.....
When you get a local company who knows nothing about aviation to put their names down on a piece of paper to be the front runner, while SkyWest is behind the scenes pulling all the strings, Cabotage or any other restriction on foreign operations disappears in thin air.
If you don't believe Air Mekong is an American company, take a close look at our operation; from the top down in Flight Operation is 100% run by Americans. All our pilots are Americans. What other "foreign" airline you can think of that employs 100% Americans?
Cabotage? LOL.....
When you get a local company who knows nothing about aviation to put their names down on a piece of paper to be the front runner, while SkyWest is behind the scenes pulling all the strings, Cabotage or any other restriction on foreign operations disappears in thin air.
If you don't believe Air Mekong is an American company, take a close look at our operation; from the top down in Flight Operation is 100% run by Americans. All our pilots are Americans. What other "foreign" airline you can think of that employs 100% Americans?
With that being said, it does not matter who has the keys to the front door to the office... it matters the location of the front door to the office. Mekong still has to comply with the regulations and requirements as promulgated by the Vietnamese DGCA.
02-20-2011, 11:56 PM
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It does not make a difference as to who is running Mekong Air as it is still an airline based in Vietnam flying aircraft registered in Vietnam as a Company resident in Vietnam. I'm sure that the ICAO records will reflect the same... Unless... far stretch here folks, Mekong Air is operating under a Part 129 certificate which I don't think is even issued by the FAA any longer.
With that being said, it does not matter who has the keys to the front door to the office... it matters the location of the front door to the office. Mekong still has to comply with the regulations and requirements as promulgated by the Vietnamese DGCA.
With that being said, it does not matter who has the keys to the front door to the office... it matters the location of the front door to the office. Mekong still has to comply with the regulations and requirements as promulgated by the Vietnamese DGCA.
I'm gonna stop short of calling it money laundering...but can u catch my drift?
02-21-2011, 05:07 AM
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