They are expensive. Mine only took 4 months but I had an active Secret which may have helped things.
And yes, there are truck drivers making more than pilots. They also assume a much greater risk.
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F224
After being told to expect to start in the Jan 6th class and then hearing from HR to standby on Jan 2th I got this email today from Avenge;
"...At present, we believe it is impractical to pursue any candidate that does not have an active security clearance in place. We have raised this factor from preferred to required. The long time lag, related expenses and lack of predictability of future staffing levels makes pursuing uncleared candidate problematic as a sound business practice at this time."...
My friend and top line reference is the #2 guy in the US House Republican caucus and the head of the appropriation's committee. That Congressman assured me that my TSSC would be turned around in record time if I was hired by any of the ISR contractors.
There are now truck drivers in the 'stan getting paid more than pilots.