Flight Safety International | Instructor

Flight Instructor

FlightSafety International, the world’s premier professional aviation training company, seeks a qualified Flight Instructor. FlightSafety International provides training for pilots, technicians, and other aviation professionals, utilizing its fleet of advanced full-flight simulators and maintenance training programs at Learning Centers and training locations across the United States, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom.

The Flight Instructor delivers exceptional ground and simulator flight instruction, adhering to aviation regulations and FlightSafety training principles.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct pilot ground and simulator training for clients enrolled in core, specialty, or enrichment courses.
• Develop and prepare training materials that support training delivery and meet client needs in accordance with the applicable curriculum.
• Evaluate and measure trainee progress, recommending qualification or additional training as necessary.
• Maintain accurate training records specific to each client, supporting their success in achieving specified objectives.
• Identify client training issues and proactively seek assistance prior to execution.
• 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.
• Possession of an unrestricted ATP certificate, or an ICAO member state Airline Transport Pilot License.
• In the absence of an ATP certificate, must meet the requirements of 14 CFR part 61.153 and 14 CFR part 61.64 without a Supervised Operating Experience (SOE) limitation.
• A minimum of one unrestricted PIC type rating is required.
• Preferred experience includes FAR Part 135, FAR Part 121, or military training.
• Preferred minimum of 2,500 hours of total flight time.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Comprehensive knowledge of aviation safety standards and practices.
• Thorough knowledge of common aviation regulations.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage classes and teach.
• Proficiency in first-level facilitation skills.
• Demonstrated first-level customer service skills.
• Receptiveness to coaching and feedback to support professional development.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The employee must be able to 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. Must possess the physical range of body motion to reach, exert pressure, and manipulate rudder controls and/or anti-torque with both feet; reach and manipulate simulator controls; enter and exit the simulator via the provided ramp; move between the instructor station, screen, and podium while instructing; and exit from a malfunctioning simulator 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 must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, and frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts and may work in high, precarious places, in outside weather conditions, and 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.

FlightSafety is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Vet/Disabled. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability.