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Originally Posted by aviatorhi
Do these companies (Avenge, L3, etc.) only hire former military types or are civilian pilots looking for a home based schedule an option?
As long as Military, DEA, Customs, and law enforcement pilots are available they will always have a better chance of getting hired for these jobs. That is primarily because of the Security Clearance requirement. Most all of them either have a clearance or had one before.
Having said that, I do know of a few people that came in direct from civilian and the company paid for the clearance. All you can do is ask. If the answer is no then at least you tried.
Mind this though, you will be living life just like the military in deployed locations. There will be times when an enemy will shoot at the base. There is a reason that you will get that level of pay, because of the level of danger. I am not trying to scare someone away if they want to follow this option. I just want to make sure you realize that there is still a war going on over there and an incoming rocket does not care if you are a civilian or military.