Yeah that’s what they were saying. Around half the month on the road and minimal time at work the rest of the time. Sounds about like an airline pilot...
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I want to be a professional (non-airline) pilot when I grow up
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Yeah that’s what they were saying. Around half the month on the road and minimal time at work the rest of the time. Sounds about like an airline pilot...
Except for the pay, and the no responsibility to your employer when off, and the travel benefits, and the whole not being shot at, and the...
Dunno. I talked to Matt at NHA. He said his next scheduled day off was in July!
Wow.
A guy in my first reserve unit was a pilot for them, he had done a regular/vanilla helo JO tour and after his shore tour had joined the FBI as a field agent then was able to transfer to be a helo guy after ~3 years. When he joined he did not have to do the Q-course, but this was ~10 years ago. He did say that it was A LOT of work and not all of it flying.
So does the US military.
Honestly, it all comes down to:
Do a really cool job that pays well without job security (overseas contract gigs) or that doesn't pay well with job security (law enforcement)
or
Do a very repetitive job with good pay and reasonable job security. (airlines)
Decide what's important to you and go with it. Everything has its pluses and minuses. As long as you're making the decision with the right information ahead of time, you're not wrong.
Do a really cool job that pays well without job security (overseas contract gigs) or that doesn't pay well with job security (law enforcement)
or
Do a very repetitive job with good pay and reasonable job security. (airlines)
Decide what's important to you and go with it. Everything has its pluses and minuses. As long as you're making the decision with the right information ahead of time, you're not wrong.
Stumbled on this salary report for California based public employee firefighting helo salaries - impressive!
https://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/search/?a=los-angeles-county&q=pilot&y=2017
https://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/search/?a=los-angeles-county&q=pilot&y=2017
California has to have impressive state salaries with the highest state income tax, highest gas tax, highest gas prices, close to the highest cost of living, etc. in the nation.
Oh yeah....highest number of residents at or below the poverty level too. But they just keep raising taxes because the illegals aren’t going to support themselves.
It’s all about priorities...
Oh yeah....highest number of residents at or below the poverty level too. But they just keep raising taxes because the illegals aren’t going to support themselves.
It’s all about priorities...
I know a guy who knows a guy. Those jobs are EXTREMELY hard to get, and tenure is everything there. Those guys with the high salaries have been there awhile and worked their ways up.
Nice update on CBP hiring process:
https://www.verticalmag.com/news/to-bring-on-more-pilots-cbp-streamlines-hiring-process/
https://www.verticalmag.com/news/to-bring-on-more-pilots-cbp-streamlines-hiring-process/
There was 3 paragraphs about the poly in the article.
They talked about it. They do it onsite at the rodeos with immediate feedback.