Flight Instructor Position at FlightSafety International
FlightSafety International, the world's premier professional aviation training company, seeks a highly qualified and experienced Flight Instructor to join its team. As a global leader in aviation training, FlightSafety provides comprehensive training for pilots, technicians, and other aviation professionals across 167 countries and independent territories. The company operates the world's largest fleet of advanced full-flight simulators and award-winning maintenance training at Learning Centers and training locations in the United States, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom.
Purpose of Position:
The Flight Instructor is responsible for delivering exceptional ground and simulator flight instruction in accordance with aviation regulations and FlightSafety Training principles, ensuring the highest standards of training delivery.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Conduct pilot ground and simulator training for clients receiving core, specialty, or enrichment training courses.
- Develop and prepare training materials that support training delivery to meet client needs, adhering to the applicable curriculum.
- Evaluate and measure trainee progress, recommending qualification or additional training as needed.
- Complete accurate training records specific to each client, supporting their success in achieving the requested objectives.
- Identify and address client training issues, seeking assistance as required.
- Maintain Instructor qualifications in accordance with regulatory requirements.
Minimum Experience:
- Must be able and willing to participate in FlightSafety's DOT Drug and Alcohol testing program.
- An unrestricted ATP certificate or an ICAO member state Airline Transport Pilot License.
- If no ATP, must meet the requirements of:
- 14 CFR part 61.153
- 14 CFR part 61.64 without a Supervised Operating Experience (SOE) limitation.
- A minimum of one unrestricted PIC type rating.
- Preferred: FAR Part 135, FAR Part 121, or military training experience.
- Preferred: 2,500 hours of total flight time.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
- Knowledge of aviation safety standards and practices.
- Knowledge of common aviation regulations.
- Ability to manage classes and teach effectively.
- First-level facilitation skills.
- First-level customer service skills.
- Ability to be coachable and receive feedback to support development.
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
The Flight Instructor position requires a range of physical abilities, including:
- Regular use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
- Standing, walking, sitting, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling, and tasting or smelling.
- Possessing a physical range of body motion to perform the following:
- Reach, exert pressure and manipulate the rudder controls and/or anti-torque with both feet.
- Reach and manipulate numerous controls within the Simulator device from the Instructor's chair.
- Enter and exit from the Simulator device via the provided ramp.
- Move between the Instructor station, screen, and podium while instructing in the classroom.
- Exit from malfunctioned Simulator while the device is in a severely pitched attitude.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
- Regularly lifting and/or moving up to 10 pounds, and frequently lifting and/or moving up to 25 pounds.
The work environment may include:
- Frequent work near moving mechanical parts.
- Working in high, precarious places and in outside weather conditions.
- Occasional exposure to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold, extreme heat, risk of electrical shock, risk of radiation, and vibration.
FlightSafety is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Vet/Disabled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability.