I went to the April 21st FAPA in Vegas. The most visited booth was UPS. However, the second most visited booth wasn't Emirates, Air Japan, Air Wisconsin or the American WHO. The second most visited booth was Customs and Border Protection.

I just received a call from CBP and the recruiter stated that starting pay is min between $105,000 to $111,000 and that upgrade is quick, maybe 100 hours right seat time if you're experienced.

Is there something I'm missing? Am I being misled? What's the other side of the story that's being left out?

If you had a choice between a regional with starting pay of around $48000/year, including bonuses (with 2 year upgrade) and a gov job with $105,000 and quick upgrade, wouldn't it be a no brainer to take the gov job?

Thanks.