Sounds like Customs and Border Protection upped their pay so you start at 100K

There is a huge thread on APC about it. It seems like as well as typical fixed wing flying you will be stuck with the UAVs too which is making some current pilots quite salty.
 
I hit up the add I saw on one of the pilot related pages I visit. You had to either live in El Paso or some other godforsaken place. I'll keep my spot under the I-90 bridge. At least I'll have raccoon meat and heroin.
 
BEEF SUPREME said:
I hit up the add I saw on one of the pilot related pages I visit. You had to either live in El Paso or some other godforsaken place. I'll keep my spot under the I-90 bridge. At least I'll have raccoon meat and heroin.
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Obviously the initial duty stations aren’t ideal. But the pay is decent, the benefits are excellent, and the flying is interesting. I think I read that a lot of the new hires are going directly into UAS though and given a few hours in a C-206 to maintain currency every couple months. That may be a sticking point for many.
 
chrisreedrules said:
Obviously the initial duty stations aren’t ideal. But the pay is decent, the benefits are excellent, and the flying is interesting. I think I read that a lot of the new hires are going directly into UAS though and given a few hours in a C-206 to maintain currency every couple months. That may be a sticking point for many.
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A job is a job. If I could start working in Bellingham right away I'd go there tomorrow.
 
There’s a lot of fine print, with regards to the pay thing.. And, it’s not just a flying job, you have to want to do LE work. It’s an LE job with flying on the side. Even initial pipeline training, you’re gone for a significant number of months with all the schools involved.
 
MikeD said:
There’s a lot of fine print, with regards to the pay thing.. And, it’s not just a flying job, you have to want to do LE work. It’s an LE job with flying on the side. Even initial pipeline training, you’re gone for a significant number of months with all the schools involved.
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What do you mean Mike? About the fine print that is...
 
A pilot in my newhire class got offered a position and said training was about 4 mo and unpaid. Is this true @MikeD
 
chrisreedrules said:
What do you mean Mike? About the fine print that is...
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The SSR, or Special Salary Rate, exists and is getting paid, but isn’t currently funded. The funding for it is being robbed from travel $$$ to pay into it. Meant as a retention tool, rumor is that with possible airline furloughs and non-hiring, and consequently a pilot shortage solved, that the SSR might get cancelled.


bimmerphile said:
A pilot in my newhire class got offered a position and said training was about 4 mo and unpaid. Is this true @MikeD
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No, your first year is paid at GS-11/01 level. What you don’t get while in training is the Law Enforcement Availability Pay inventive of 25%, due to not being a commissioned agent yet.

The job varies widely, depending on where you go. Like I said, you have to want to do LE. What type of flying you do depends on what the specific branch you get assigned to flies. There’s far more opportunities for RW pilots then there are for FW pilots.
 
MikeD said:
The SSR, or Special Salary Rate, exists and is getting paid, but isn’t currently funded. The funding for it is being robbed from travel $$$ to pay into it. Meant as a retention tool, rumor is that with possible airline furloughs and non-hiring, and consequently a pilot shortage solved, that the SSR might get cancelled.




No, your first year is paid at GS-11/01 level. What you don’t get while in training is the Law Enforcement Availability Pay inventive of 25%, due to not being a commissioned agent yet.

The job varies widely, depending on where you go. Like I said, you have to want to do LE. What type of flying you do depends on what the specific branch you get assigned to flies. There’s far more opportunities for RW pilots then there are for FW pilots.
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I spoke with one of their recruiters, just sort of curious about the job. He said that it’s possible depending on funding to be cross-trained for RW if you’re a FW pilot.
 
chrisreedrules said:
I spoke with one of their recruiters, just sort of curious about the job. He said that it’s possible depending on funding to be cross-trained for RW if you’re a FW pilot.
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depends on the money situation and need of the service and the air unit you’re assigned to. With the complexity of the missions that different units have, it could take a long time before you are released to the line to do anything mission related, as a cross trained pilot. Due to the complexity combined with the FNG experience level
 
BEEF SUPREME said:
I hit up the add I saw on one of the pilot related pages I visit. You had to either live in El Paso or some other godforsaken place. I'll keep my spot under the I-90 bridge. At least I'll have raccoon meat and heroin.
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They’re probably referring to Sierra Vista, AZ. I spent 2 and a half years there in the Army...Ft. Huachuca, a center for despair and anguish since the 1800’s!
 
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