Flying in the US

[Mike]

If you are from outside of the US, this forum is for you to post your questions about flying in the US. We can't offer any official advise, but will try to point you in the right direction.

[Big Sky]

I am a foreign pilot from Asia and would like to fly in US regional airlines.
I sent my resumes to several regional airlines and first they get interested in me because I have quite flight experince but once they knew I do not have green card or work permit whatever authorization to work in US, they say sorry, we can not employ you, and after that I asked them to be my sponsor, they answer sorry, we can not support your visa.
I understand they can not employ me becasue I do not have authorization to work in USA but why not they can be my sponsor to help me for obtaining work visa ? I suppose that the reasons are that they can not spend time use energy to do that.
I would like to know the reason for that and also any regional airlines which has become sponsor for foreign pilots to obtain work visa.

[navyretread]

Big Sky, I don't know the facts but I suspect there is at least some obligation on the part of the sponsor and the reason a company would take that obligation on is they are having a problem with a particular skill set that the foreign worker applicant can satisfy.

In the case of flying skills, I suspect there are many, many, MANY, (like, a lot) of prospective applicants to competer for each position so, if you're the regional airline, why take it on? I hope that doesn't sound cold blooded and please don't take it as an attempt to discourage you but it's just business and those are the realities. I firmly believe if you keep at it and try every door that even hints at being open to you, you will succeed. Be open to all possibilities.

Good luck.