Flight Instructor, Senior
FlightSafety International, the world’s premier professional aviation training company, seeks a highly skilled and motivated Flight Instructor, Senior. In this role, the instructor expands upon expert aviation knowledge and facilitation skills to deliver exceptional ground and simulator flight instruction, seamlessly meeting client needs in accordance with aviation regulations and FlightSafety Training principles.
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, in accordance with the applicable curriculum.
- Customize scenarios based on unique client needs during training delivery.
- Dynamically adjust instruction style and approach to deliver tailored training solutions for clients.
- Evaluate and measure trainee progress, recommending qualification or additional training.
- Complete accurate training records specific to each client, aiding their success in achieving the requested objective(s).
- Assist in resolving client training issues by providing constructive suggestions based upon gained knowledge and experience.
- Monitor and maintain instructor qualifications in accordance with regulatory requirements.
- Set a positive example and make identifiable contributions to the organization and customer experience.
- Adhere to and promote FlightSafety Instructor Performance Standards.
Qualifications:
- Knowledge of customer, regulatory, and company processes.
- Knowledge of aviation safety standards and practices.
- Knowledge of common aviation regulations.
- Intermediate facilitation skills.
- Intermediate customer service skills.
- Advanced problem-solving skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to differentiate instruction style to suit client learning style.
- Ability to act as a Subject Matter Expert for courseware projects.
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
The employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation. This includes the ability to:
- Use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
- Stand, walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- Reach, exert pressure, and manipulate rudder controls and/or antitorque 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.
- Possess specific vision abilities, including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
- Regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, and frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
The employee will frequently work near moving mechanical parts and may work in high, precarious places and outside weather conditions. The employee may be 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. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
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.