I was referring to Ab initio SIC is for the King Air flying. I won't comment on the other programs because I don't personally know anyone in them. Everyone who was an avenge King Air guy told me they couldn't recommend that job.

Sounds like living conditions are a step down from living in my own CHU in the desert on a P-3 deployment and 2 steps up from living in a 6 man stateroom on a boat.

With regionals CFI pipeline programs and preferential hiring and offering 12 month upgrades to PIC where you get 65k a year, I personally wouldn't recommend 2 years worth of rotations in the desert for that pay.... 20k a month at PIC rates is a different discussion all together.

If someone really wants to fly ISR, go do it at the PIC you've got a nice QOL when you're home. There's a reason why the average pilot lasts about 18months doing that type of job before moving on.