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Old 06-09-2018, 06:26 PM
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Has anyone flown for the border patrol fixed wing side? How and what does life look like as a career? Obviously nowhere near the amount of money as airlines, but is it worth it? And is it possible to use this as time building instead of a career to invest in TSP? I’m prior Marine enlisted so I kind of like the fast paced part of the way they make this seem
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Old 06-10-2018, 08:39 AM
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I'm also interested in hearing about this. What is the hiring process like and what do they look for?
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Old 06-10-2018, 09:04 AM
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Pay looks pretty good as well. $113,000 a year after just three years with benefits. Wow
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Old 06-10-2018, 09:11 AM
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Do you want to live in border towns for your first 4-6 years?
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Old 06-10-2018, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by EN1990 View Post
Has anyone flown for the border patrol fixed wing side?
It's "Customs and Border Protection", not border patrol.


I'm an escort, NOT a hooker. Thank-you very much.
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Old 06-11-2018, 07:17 AM
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How much time do you have? If you have a lot of heavy turbine time, then you could get Puerto Rico and fly Dash 8's. If your a single engine guy only, then Grand Forks or Sierra Vista will most likely be where they would offer you. Both of those locations are heavy UAS
True statement. Just finished the entire process and was offered everything but Puerto Rico, the only place I was interested in. I have 1800 hrs TT, 400 of which are in airplanes but only 45 in twins. I thought I was a shoe in because I met the basic qualifications + I’m a veteran, dual rated, and have a 4yr degree from ERAU. When I said I would only take Puerto Rico, I was told they had openings but not for me because “I didn’t have the skill set”. Pretty deceptive if you ask me. I spent 3 to 4 months in their pipeline, $1500 traveling to their appointments + my personal leave time thinking I qualified based on their job posting. Tread with caution. Expensive and potentially very disappointing depending on what you want. At any rate, the airlines are hiring so moving on.
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Old 06-13-2018, 04:11 PM
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Straight from their job information page

All new hire pilots will go to one of the following locations:
Sierra Vista, AZ
Grand Forks, ND
Laredo, TX
McAllen, TX
San Angelo, TX
Yuma, AZ
Deming, AZ
Alpine, TX
Aguadilla, PR

Is there a particular reason why new hires go to one of those?
They list a lot more locations but I’m guessing they are “spoken for” probably meaning the more ideal locations will never have an opening.
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Old 06-14-2018, 04:38 PM
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It has to do with allowing our guys who have been living in some of these less than desirable locations a chance to transfer to a better location. As we hire new guys, the guys who have seniority will have a chance to transfer.
So if one has a few years as a civilian federal employee in another agency would that time count to the seniority system? is there other criteria like qualifications, hardships to get a transfer?
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Old 06-16-2018, 06:53 PM
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As a new applicant with fixed wing flight time, could you get assigned to RPAs? Or will you at least get some sort of airplane, even if it’s a Cessna or something?
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Old 06-17-2018, 09:40 AM
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So are there fixed wing aircraft at every available base?


I haven't been able to find what aircraft are at what locations.
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