Originally Posted by
Aviationluver
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.
There are a few CBP threads on APC if you use the search function.
The latest gouge from CBP is that is is rough going right now.
CBP would have been my first choice too, but you'll have to be able to make it through FLETC.
Maybe some of the current, and former, pilots will chime in - but that starting pay seems a bit on the high end, though the retirement and benefits are good.
There are quite a few other gov't flying jobs too. There was a recent ad for the Dept of Energy pilot flying the 737 out of ABQ and another one for a NASA Research pilot (though prior military - not necessarily test pilot - was a requirement).
If you are interested in that path, sign yourself up for an account on USAJobs.gov and have an e-mail alert sent you for openings in the -2181 career field for starters.