19 December 2024

Flight Safety International | Instructor

Atlanta, GA, Canada

Flight Instructor

About FlightSafety International

FlightSafety International is the preeminent global provider of professional aviation training, and a supplier of advanced flight simulators, visual systems, and displays to commercial, government, and military organizations. The company delivers training to pilots, technicians, and other aviation professionals from 167 countries and independent territories. FlightSafety operates the world’s largest fleet of advanced full-flight simulators and provides award-winning maintenance training at Learning Centers and training locations in the United States, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom.

Position Overview

The Flight Instructor is responsible for delivering exceptional ground and simulator flight instruction in accordance with all applicable aviation regulations and FlightSafety Training principles.

Key Responsibilities

  • Conduct pilot ground and simulator training for clients enrolled in core, specialty, or enrichment training courses.
  • Develop and prepare comprehensive training materials that support training delivery to effectively meet client needs and comply with the prescribed curriculum.
  • Evaluate and measure trainee progress, making recommendations for qualification or further training as needed.
  • Maintain detailed and accurate training records specific to each client, ensuring their success in achieving defined training objectives.
  • Proactively identify client training issues and seek assistance before proceeding with training execution.
  • Maintain Instructor qualifications in strict adherence to regulatory requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Must be willing and able to participate in FlightSafety’s DOT Drug and Alcohol testing program.
  • Possession of an unrestricted Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate, or an equivalent Airline Transport Pilot License issued by an ICAO member state.
  • If not holding an ATP, the candidate must meet the requirements stipulated in:
    • 14 CFR part 61.153
    • 14 CFR part 61.64 without a Supervised Operating Experience (SOE) limitation.
  • A minimum of one unrestricted Pilot-in-Command (PIC) type rating.
  • Preferred: Experience in FAR Part 135, FAR Part 121, or military training operations.
  • Preferred: A minimum of 2,500 hours of total flight time.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  • Comprehensive knowledge of aviation safety standards and best practices.
  • Sound understanding of common aviation regulations.
  • Demonstrated ability to effectively manage and teach classes.
  • Proficiency in first-level facilitation techniques.
  • Competency in first-level customer service skills.
  • Receptiveness to coaching and feedback for ongoing professional development.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The role requires the employee to regularly use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee may be required to stand, walk, sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and taste or smell.

The candidate must possess the physical range of 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 a malfunctioning simulator while the device is in a severely pitched attitude. Specific vision abilities required for this role include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, and frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

The role is frequently performed near moving mechanical parts. The employee may work in high, precarious places, in outside weather conditions, and is occasionally exposed 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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.

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