I’m currently a upper classmen in high school, and I’m planning on going to Wichita State University for aerospace engineering (Wichita is home to airbuses in innovation campus) and I plan to do an internship with Airbus if possible.
I really really want to get a work visa and move to Mirabel once I graduate (or after I build experience in the United States) as I am a massive fan of the A220 program and also really love Canada in general.
You might be asking why I don’t just go to Mobile and to be honest, I think it’s just a little bit of selfishness, but I kind of would prefer to work at the largest plant reasonably possible, and I’m not trying to say this as someone who wants to go above and beyond for absolutely no benefit besides status, but I think the opportunities up in Montreal will be so much better especially if they keep growing like they have and I’m not saying this as someone who is putting anything down, I’m saying this as a teenager who wants to do the extremist things possible; frankly, I would go to France if I could, but my family would already be mad enough if I moved to Canada and it would be much more complicated plus further from the United States, much more separate separated from English, and more expensive to move to.
Airbus has been my dream company for over 5 years, and ever since I took my first flight on the A220 and tons of research on the aircraft, it has became my favorite aircraft even if it’s not an native airbus I think it’s one of my favorite things that they’re doing and they’ve definitely turned the program around and I’m excited to see what this will become by the time I’m in college and what interesting ideas I would get to work on if I get to become a part of the program.
I understand that Boeing is right here in the United States, but frankly I have a passion for airbus aircraft. I’ve enjoyed their entire story and would love to be a part of it plus the connectivity around the world very much interest me and I don’t really see myself as the type of person to settle down with a family, which is nice because airbus has tons of locations around the world (Boeing does too, but most of these locations are much more minor, a higher percent of their production happens in Everest than airbus does in TLS)
Most likely if this plan doesn’t work for some reason or if there’s no good jobs in Mirabel, I probably will go to Everest, but from the reason I’ve stated above, I would love to be a part of this program.
So my question is, is it realistic to move to Mirabel? Do you think it will continue to grow and do you think I will be able to work there as an English speaking American who will eventually apply for Canadian citizenship?
Honestly, I’m kind of just confused about what I want to do with my life, which is why I’m asking here for the experts and the people who have experience plus anyone else who just wants to add in.