US immigration lawyers report a surge in inquiries and visa applications from pilots based in countries where traffic is still recovering from pandemic lows.
cannot find enough of them, so foreign pilots are rushing to fill the empty cockpits.That could bring some relief to an industry struggling to rebuild capacity after a two-year slump, but the trend is stirring a backlash from domestic unions.
According to United Airlines, pilots are expected to remain in short supply for years. Whereas the United States can produce a maximum of only 7,000 pilots a year, carriers need 13,000 pilots this year and even more next year, United Airlines said.Staffing woes have marred operations in recent weeks at carriers such as Alaska Air Group and JetBlue Airways, resulting in mass flight cancellations. To prevent further disruption, airlines have cut summer schedules.
Arce and Jean-Francois Harvey, global managing partner at Harvey Law Group, said they are also getting inquiries from pilots in Russia, where airlines have been hit hard byThree Canadian pilots said they are considering moving to the United States because of Canada’s previous strict COVID-19 restrictions, which grounded planes earlier during the pandemic and forced some aviators to seek employment as drivers for Uber Technologies.
US Citizenship and Immigration Services did not supply data on applications from pilots. But a spokesperson said the agency determines requests on “a case-by-case basis.” Regional and ultra-low-cost carriers like ExpressJet Airlines, CommutAir, Breeze, and Frontier Airlines are recruiting Australian pilots, who can use a special visa.
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