Flight Instructor Position at FlightSafety International
FlightSafety International, the world's premier professional aviation training company, seeks a highly skilled and motivated Flight Instructor to join our team. We provide training for pilots, technicians, and other aviation professionals from 167 countries and independent territories, operating the world's largest fleet of advanced full-flight simulators and award-winning maintenance training facilities.
Purpose of the Position:
The Flight Instructor delivers exceptional ground and simulator flight instruction, ensuring compliance with aviation regulations and FlightSafety Training principles.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct pilot ground and simulator training for clients receiving core, specialty, or enrichment training courses.
- Develop and prepare training materials to support training delivery, meeting client needs in accordance with the applicable curriculum.
- Evaluate and measure trainee progress, recommending qualifications or additional training as needed.
- Maintain accurate training records for each client, contributing to their success in achieving the desired objectives.
- Proactively identify and address client training issues, seeking assistance when necessary.
- Uphold Instructor qualifications as per regulatory requirements.
Minimum Experience:
- Ability and willingness to participate in FlightSafety’s DOT Drug and Alcohol testing program.
- Unrestricted ATP certificate, or an ICAO member state Airline Transport Pilot License.
- If not holding an ATP, candidates must meet the requirements of:
- 14 CFR part 61.153
- 14 CFR part 61.64 without a Supervised Operating Experience (SOE) limitation.
- 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, and Abilities:
- In-depth knowledge of aviation safety standards and practices.
- Comprehensive understanding of common aviation regulations.
- Proven ability to manage classes and deliver effective instruction.
- First-level facilitation skills.
- First-level customer service skills.
- Openness to coaching and feedback to support ongoing development.
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
The Flight Instructor role requires regular use of hands to manipulate objects, tools, or controls, as well as reaching with hands and arms. The position may involve standing, walking, sitting, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and tasting or smelling.
The successful candidate must possess a range of body motion to perform the following:
- Reach, exert pressure, and manipulate 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 the Simulator device via the provided ramp.
- Move between the Instructor station, screen, and podium while instructing in the classroom.
- Exit from a malfunctioning Simulator while the device is in a severely pitched attitude.
Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
The employee will regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, and frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
The role often requires working near moving mechanical parts, potentially 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 may occur.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
FlightSafety International 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.