Flying in Uruguay is nice. The only bad thing here is the weather, in winter its horrible. Rainy and windy days... [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
Besides that, well, its cheap, 50$ for an hour including instructor/fuel in a C150. Our geography is very plain, no hazardous terrain to find at night.
Regarding the green card, according to
www.greencardplus.com the company would issue a labor certification and with two more steps I would get my green card. Here at Uruguay yes, I´ve got career opportunities. Let me tell you about our airlines. We´ve got two: Pluna and Uair. Pluna is our first airline starting back in the 40´s. Now pluna has got:
3 - 737-2A3 1 - 767-300ER 1 - ATR-42-200
1 - 737-3Q8 1 - 757-200
Luckily, Pluna is getting better and better. In a period of months they acquired the 767/757 and ATR. I know that in other big airlines this is nothing if you compare them. But after years of only having 737´s and suddenly these new acft (and there are more to come), its quite a shock!! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/buck.gif[/img]
The other airline is Uair, it started operating no more than 5 months ago with 2 fokkers 100 (waiting for 2 more).
What happens is this, if I study here for pilot, there will be no problem and I would earn all my certifications, but I wouldn't have a degree (aeronautical science doesn't exist here). If I go to Metro, I would have that degree and that would leave me above the rest if I would apply for Pluna.
Then you might be asking why I want to work in the USA. It isn't because I have no job opportunities here, its just that I would like to work in an American airline. Its like my personal preference. Neither is because of the money, its like a personal goal. Don't really know how to explain it [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]