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What AMO is Seeking


Right now AMO is seeking dual-rated pilots the most, and secondly helicopter pilots, St. Dennis said. Both will likely start out flying helicopters. “That’s where the demand is for us right now,” he said.


Basic minimum requirements are:


• 1500 total flight hours • 250 PIC flight hours • 75 night flight hours • 75 instrument flight hours • Military checkride or BFR (biennial flight review) within last two years


• FAA Class I Medical at time of the flight assessment


Applicants with top secret TS/SCI clearance may be able to waive the polygraph examination, too.


“The beauty of our process is that you’re really only competing against yourself,” St. Dennis related. “If you meet the minimum requirements and you get the interview, it’s just up to you to pass it.”


Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Pilot Training


New hires head to the Air and Marine Operations Academy at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Ga., for five months of training. That includes four months at the academy and one month of Spanish language training, unless they’re already fluent and can test out.


The academy focuses on a variety of law enforcement training including defensive tactics, examining forged documents, identifying narcotics, role playing, how to properly board aircraft and vessels, how to conduct surveillance, and training on weapons from guns to batons.


Then it’s back to the branch for two-four weeks until the new hire’s initial flight course at the National Air Training Center in Oklahoma City, or one of the FlightSafety International training centers in


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West Palm Beach or Atlanta. That initial training might be in a UAS, followed by at least one year of focus on UAS work, but pilots can get back in the cockpit by the second year, St. Dennis said. Some pilots have an aversion to UAS or fear their flying skills could get rusty, but there should be no such fears in the AMO, he said.


“You’re getting paid to learn something new, and really it’s a cool skill to have,” St. Dennis said. “I try to tell all applicants, ‘Hey, embrace it. Enjoy learning something new and then move on.’”


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