Aviation Performance Solutions (APS) | Instructor

APS seeks an experienced Advanced Instructor to deliver world-class Upset Prevention and Recovery Training (UPRT) in high-performance piston and jet aircraft, and advanced simulators. This full-time position is based in Mesa, Arizona, offering unique flying opportunities and a stable quality of life for accomplished professional pilots.

About the Role

The Advanced Instructor will be responsible for delivering comprehensive UPRT curriculum, both on the ground and in the air. The role involves instructing owner/operator, corporate, business, executive, government, military, and commercial pilots. Initial instruction will be conducted in the Extra 300L, an unlimited category aerobatic airplane, with potential advancement to the S211 SIAI-Marchetti jet trainer. Following approximately one year of in-airplane instruction, instructors will also be qualified to teach APS UPRT programs in advanced simulators. Daily duties include flight instruction focused on upset recovery, stall/spin training, and associated all-attitude aerobatic instruction.

Requirements

• Minimum of 1500 hours of total flight time.
• Substantial all-attitude, all-envelope flight experience (500+ flight hours preferred), such as military flight instruction, tactical or fighter experience, aerobatics (competition/airshow), or test pilot school graduate with spin testing experience.
• FAA Commercial Single-Engine Land (SEL) Pilot’s License.
• FAA Certified Flight Instructor Rating (CFI).

Qualifications and Advantages

• Two years of commercial and/or military experience flying crewed multi-engine turboprop and/or turbofan/turbojet aircraft is preferred.
• Two years of experience as a CFI and/or military flight instructor (200+ hours preferred), not necessarily involving all-attitude maneuvering or aerobatics instruction.
• 2000+ hours total flight time.
• Possession of one or more type-ratings.