FAA hiring Airspace System Inspection Pilot
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What are the competitive mins generally for this job? I see what the published ones are, but what sort of resume is the FAA usually looking for in an applicant?
Unfortunately I am merely a 300 hour dreamer right now, but I am strongly interested in this as a career in the future. I'm a little older than your average low time guy (27), and the stability and unique mission is what attracts me the most. Plus I have some military time I can buy back.
Appreciate any help.
Unfortunately I am merely a 300 hour dreamer right now, but I am strongly interested in this as a career in the future. I'm a little older than your average low time guy (27), and the stability and unique mission is what attracts me the most. Plus I have some military time I can buy back.
Appreciate any help.
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What are the competitive mins generally for this job? I see what the published ones are, but what sort of resume is the FAA usually looking for in an applicant?
Unfortunately I am merely a 300 hour dreamer right now, but I am strongly interested in this as a career in the future. I'm a little older than your average low time guy (27), and the stability and unique mission is what attracts me the most. Plus I have some military time I can buy back.
Appreciate any help.
Unfortunately I am merely a 300 hour dreamer right now, but I am strongly interested in this as a career in the future. I'm a little older than your average low time guy (27), and the stability and unique mission is what attracts me the most. Plus I have some military time I can buy back.
Appreciate any help.
Like everywhere, the hiring environment changes with the industry.
Right now I would think that you could get on with a lot less time than I did back when I was hired. I was the lowest time guy by far in my new hire class at 3500 TT with only about <300 hrs being civilian. My particular times were posted on #108.
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Post 148 and a post on Page 17 of this thread details the experience of an Indoc class at one point in time.
Like everywhere, the hiring environment changes with the industry.
Right now I would think that you could get on with a lot less time than I did back when I was hired. I was the lowest time guy by far in my new hire class at 3500 TT with only about <300 hrs being civilian. My particular times were posted on #108.
Like everywhere, the hiring environment changes with the industry.
Right now I would think that you could get on with a lot less time than I did back when I was hired. I was the lowest time guy by far in my new hire class at 3500 TT with only about <300 hrs being civilian. My particular times were posted on #108.
It looks like in the past they have strongly favored hiring former military aviators. With the current pilot market nationwide, is it more likely that the FAA would consider hiring someone with a pure civilian flying background?
I am a current Air Force officer that is planning to separate from active duty in about 2 years, however I am not a rated military pilot so all of my flying has been, and will be, civilian. I am currently working on my CFI, and hope to hit 1500 hours total within a year after separating; with the goal after that of heading to a regional.
Would a regional first officer or captain that is also a military veteran be competitive for this job? Is there anything I could do in the future to strengthen my resume that would make someone without military flight time stand out?
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First - federal hiring practices help prior military with Veteran's Preference points towards an application. I'm sure you are familiar, and if not, you should educate yourself on what you should expect upon your retirement. In leaner hiring environments like when I was hired, it would be nearly impossible to be hired on an EXTERNAL announcement (one open to the general public) without Veteran's Preference points.
Secondly, there is an active duty Air Force Detachment that does the same job we do. They train with the FAA, they fly with the FAA, we operate from the same play/rule book, etc.... In the past, an Air Force Flight Checker could retire on Friday wearing his flight suit (ICONUS they wear civilian clothes), and show up on Monday in civvies and there would be ZERO transition required.
So yes....the FIS is heavily populated by military types - and of the military types it is heavily populated by USAF types, and of USAF types it is heavily populated by AMC types.
Many of the civilian pilot population comes from within the gov't and particularly from within the FAA itself in the former of INTERNAL announcements. We have quite a few former ASI/FSDO types, ATC controllers, TERPSters, etc....
With the current pilot market nationwide, is it more likely that the FAA would consider hiring someone with a pure civilian flying background?
Would a regional first officer or captain that is also a military veteran be competitive for this job?
Is there anything I could do in the future to strengthen my resume that would make someone without military flight time stand out?
I personally believe that there will be hiring for the foreseeable future in the absence of more threats of gov't shutdowns and the like. USA JOBS and announcements like those linked in this thread are the best places to keep an eye on; has we may know that they are looking to hire, but they do not announcement the release of announcements so we find out from others that application windows are open.
Good luck.
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USMCFLYR, thanks for all of the helpful info. Very much appreciated!
Two additional questions, do the civilian guys ever fly duel crew with the military dudes? And on a related note, I've noticed from some online searches that the FAA aircraft are in other countries from time to time. How often are these "deployment opportunities" available?
And finally, can you go straight into one of the jets, is a new hire always going to go to the King Air, or are you duel qual'd?
Two additional questions, do the civilian guys ever fly duel crew with the military dudes? And on a related note, I've noticed from some online searches that the FAA aircraft are in other countries from time to time. How often are these "deployment opportunities" available?
And finally, can you go straight into one of the jets, is a new hire always going to go to the King Air, or are you duel qual'd?
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