South African pilots are finding new opportunities in the United States, where a severe shortage has airlines canvassing for imported talent.
, with an ageing workforce facing mandatory retirement and fewer pilots passing through the military. Covid-19 just exacerbated the crisis, with airlines, desperate to cut overheads, offering attractive early retirement and buyout packages.The country's flag carrier, South African Airways , re-emerged from its business rescue process and the worst of the pandemic as a much leaner carrier. The number of pilots at SAA wasOther local carriers couldn't survive the pandemic.
The closure of South Africa's domestic carriers has led to out-of-work pilots, who are looking to re-enter the industry, but with remaining carriers, although steadily increasing capacity, unable to absorb all the unemployed. That's caused many to look overseas, particularly to the US, where pilots are in high demand.
The NIW visa, based on merit and designed to find pilots who meet exceptional ability criteria, grants access to an unconditional green card with permanent residency status for 10 years, which includes dependents. It also has flexible education requirements, so pilots who don't have degrees or diplomas can still be eligible.
"We know the process very well and how to interpret the US requirements to create a winning application."
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