US Border Patrol / FBI Flying jobs

[AAPvtPilot]

Good day,

Anyone have any good info or point of contacts on flying for these agencies?

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Henry

 

[whereamI]

I do not know anything about the border patrol flying. However, i do know that to fly for the fbi you must first become an agent and jump through the hoops at quantico. Then you can apply to become a pilot for the agency. They mostly fly light single engine aircraft.

 

[flint4xx]

If you interest is strictly aviation, then you will be quite unhappy in a law enforcement organization. The cultures are completely different. There are few turbines to be found and it might take years to get into one, assuming you can get hired, do two years min. on the street, and then compete with others in the unit to fly them.

 

[B-J-J Fighter]

Flint, did you work for the DEA? The flight school I used to work for was right across the hall from the DEA aviation unit at PDK and they used the call sign "Flint". In your opinion what is one of the easier branches of Fed LE to get hired by:US Marshalls, Border Patrol, USPS, IRS? THanks!

 

[T1bubba]

FBI

A couple years ago the FBI was recruiting on my base and advertising for pilots, so I went and talked to them. It turns out that when they say they want pilots, what they really mean is they want FBI agents who can fly a 172 for a few hours a month doing aerial surveillance. If you're looking for a LE job that occasionally pays for you to get some flight time it might be worth it, but you'll always be an agent first and a pilot second.

Good luck.

T1bubba

 

[pilotyip]

see other reply

look under "From the Source" I pushed the wrong button when I posted the reply

 

[PilotoHalcon]

Try The U.S. Customs Service. They are pilots first, LE second.
j

 

[jsoceanlord]

your average police officer makes more money than, say, a Jet Blue F/O (an airline whose requirements I'm not even close to meeting).

and airline job security, even with a major, isn't that good - pretty much month to month.

 

[flint4xx]

BJJ

Assuming a positive background check, they are like the airline industry. The bigger the pay and prestige, the more experience you need.