AIRTEC, Inc. | DHC8 Captain
AIRTEC is seeking a qualified DHC-8 Pilot in Command (Captain) to lead Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) flight operations for Falcon I DHC-8 aircraft in Bogota, Colombia. This critical role ensures the safety, legality, and effectiveness of day, night, and instrument flight operations within the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility.
About the Role
The DHC-8 Pilot in Command serves as the final authority for safe and effective ISR flight operations. Responsibilities include planning and executing flights, coordinating with flight crews, maintenance teams, mission planners, airspace controllers, customers, and supported stakeholders. The position demands disciplined cockpit leadership, strict adherence to regulatory compliance, adept mission coordination, oversight of aircraft readiness, and the ability to operate in austere and overseas environments.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Act as Pilot in Command for DHC-8 ISR operations, exercising final authority for flight safety, execution, crew coordination, and regulatory compliance.
- Plan and conduct day, night, and instrument flights in accordance with approved procedures, flight releases, host-nation rules, Federal Aviation Regulations, and customer requirements.
- Perform comprehensive pre-mission planning, including route review, aircraft performance calculations, fuel planning, weight and balance, weather analysis, operational risk assessment, and crew briefings.
- Conduct preflight inspections, mission coordination, and post-flight reporting.
- Ensure aircraft airworthiness by reviewing aircraft records, maintenance status, approved procedures, and applicable regulations.
- Operate the aircraft to support ISR collection objectives, mission crew requirements, airspace constraints, and customer tasking.
- Coordinate with various stakeholders, including mission planners, sensor operators, airspace controllers, maintenance personnel, and supported entities.
- Monitor aircraft systems, fuel, weather, airspace, operational risks, mission conditions, and crew performance, reporting any issues affecting safety or mission success.
- Utilize flight-planning, performance, navigation, electronic flight bag, mapping, and communication tools.
- Coordinate international permissions, diplomatic clearances, airspace access, and operational approvals.
- Support launch, recovery, debriefs, documentation, and operational reporting.
- Maintain cockpit discipline, crew resource management, accurate flight records, and compliance with all applicable requirements.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- Commercial Pilot Certificate with multi-engine and instrument ratings.
- Current FAA Second Class Medical Certificate or higher.
- DHC-8 type rating.
- Minimum of six years of relevant aviation experience.
- Minimum of 500 hours of fixed-wing Pilot in Command (PIC) time in multi-engine turboprop, jet, or combined aircraft with a gross takeoff weight of 12,500 pounds or greater.
- Current DoD Secret security clearance or higher.
- U.S. citizenship.
- Maintain government eligibility.
- Meet regional deployment entry requirements.
- Possess a valid U.S. passport with at least six months of remaining validity.
- Willing and able to deploy OCONUS for rotational periods of at least 60 days.
- Ability to accept irregular hours, including nights, weekends, holidays, and extended duty periods.
- Ability to work professionally with military, government, contractor, and partner-nation personnel.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent military experience.
- FAA Airline Transport Pilot Certificate with multi-engine land privileges.
- Minimum of 1,000 hours in the aircraft category.
- Multiple airborne ISR deployments or assignments.
- SOUTHCOM experience.
- Combined Air Operations Center support experience.
- Experience with DHC-8, Dash 8, or other missionized twin-engine ISR aircraft.
- Proficiency in ISR tactics, airborne collection missions, intelligence or operations centers, regional geopolitical awareness, and coordination with U.S. Government customers and deployed ISR task forces.