25 July 2025

Flight Safety International | Instructor

Columbus, OH, Canada

Flight Instructor

About FlightSafety International

FlightSafety International stands as the world’s premier professional aviation training company and a leading supplier of flight simulators, visual systems, and displays to commercial, government, and military organizations globally. The company is dedicated to providing exceptional training for pilots, technicians, and other aviation professionals hailing from 167 countries and independent territories. FlightSafety proudly operates the world’s largest fleet of advanced full-flight simulators and delivers award-winning maintenance training across its esteemed Learning Centers and training locations in the United States, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom.

Purpose of the Position

As a Flight Instructor, the successful candidate will be responsible for delivering exceptional ground and simulator flight instruction. This role demands strict adherence to all applicable aviation regulations and the rigorous FlightSafety Training principles, ensuring the highest standards of safety and educational quality.

Key Responsibilities

  • Conduct comprehensive pilot ground and simulator training for clients enrolled in core, specialty, or enrichment courses.
  • Develop and meticulously prepare training materials that effectively support training delivery, ensuring alignment with client needs and applicable curriculum standards.
  • Evaluate and thoroughly measure trainee progress, providing informed recommendations for qualification or additional training as required.
  • Maintain precise and accurate training records specific to each client, actively contributing to their success in achieving their requested objectives.
  • Proactively identify any potential client training issues and seek appropriate assistance prior to the commencement of training execution.
  • Ensure continuous maintenance of all required Instructor qualifications in strict accordance with regulatory requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

While no specific educational degree is mandated for this position, candidates must meet the experience and certification requirements outlined below.

Experience

  • Possession of an unrestricted Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate or an equivalent ICAO member state Airline Transport Pilot License is required.
  • Candidates without an ATP must satisfy 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 Pilot in Command (PIC) type rating is essential.
  • Preference will be given to individuals with experience in FAR Part 135, FAR Part 121, or military aviation training.
  • A preferred total flight time of 2,500 hours.
  • All candidates must be willing and able to participate in FlightSafety’s Department of Transportation (DOT) Drug and Alcohol testing program.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  • Demonstrated expertise in aviation safety standards and practices, alongside a thorough understanding of common aviation regulations.
  • Proven ability to effectively manage classroom environments and deliver compelling instruction.
  • Possesses foundational facilitation skills essential for effective training delivery.
  • Exhibits first-level customer service skills, fostering a positive learning environment.
  • Displays a strong capacity for coachability and openness to constructive feedback for continuous professional development.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The Flight Instructor position necessitates a degree of physical agility, including regular use of hands for manipulating controls, reaching with hands and arms, and utilizing fine motor skills. Physical demands encompass the ability to stand, walk, sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and occasionally taste or smell. Specifically, the instructor must possess the physical range of motion to manipulate rudder controls and/or anti-torque with both feet, reach and manipulate numerous controls within the simulator device from the instructor’s chair, and safely enter and exit the simulator device via the provided ramp. The ability to move efficiently between the instructor station, screen, and podium while instructing in the classroom, and to exit a malfunctioned simulator while the device is in a severely pitched attitude, is essential. Comprehensive vision abilities, including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus, are required. Candidates must be capable of regularly lifting and/or moving up to 10 pounds, and frequently lifting and/or moving up to 25 pounds.

The work environment frequently involves proximity to moving mechanical parts. Occasional exposure may occur in high, precarious places, outside weather conditions, 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.

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