Flight Safety International | Instructor

Flight Instructor

Company Overview

FlightSafety International stands as the world's premier professional aviation training company, renowned for its cutting-edge flight simulators, visual systems, and displays. Serving commercial, government, and military organizations globally, FlightSafety provides essential training for pilots, technicians, and aviation professionals from over 167 countries and independent territories. The company operates the largest fleet of advanced full-flight simulators and delivers award-winning maintenance training across its Learning Centers and training locations in the United States, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom. Joining FlightSafety means contributing to the highest standards of aviation safety and operational excellence.

Position Summary

The Flight Instructor plays a critical role in delivering exceptional ground and simulator flight instruction. This position ensures clients receive comprehensive training that adheres to stringent aviation regulations and FlightSafety's established training principles, fostering the development of highly skilled aviation professionals ready for the complexities of modern aviation.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct pilot ground and simulator training for clients enrolled in core, specialty, or enrichment courses.
• Develop and prepare high-quality training materials tailored to client needs and in alignment with applicable curricula.
• Evaluate and measure trainee progress effectively, providing recommendations for qualification or additional training as necessary.
• Maintain meticulous and accurate training records for each client, supporting their successful achievement of specified objectives.
• Proactively identify potential client training issues and seek appropriate assistance to ensure successful outcomes.
• Ensure continuous adherence to and maintenance of all required Instructor qualifications in accordance with regulatory standards.

Qualifications

Education

• While no specific educational degree is mandated, candidates must demonstrate a robust understanding of aviation principles and training methodologies.

Experience

• Required:
  • Willingness and ability to participate in FlightSafety's DOT Drug and Alcohol testing program.
  • Possession of an unrestricted Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate, or an equivalent ICAO member state Airline Transport Pilot License.
  • Alternatively, for candidates without an ATP, compliance with 14 CFR part 61.153 and 14 CFR part 61.64 without a Supervised Operating Experience (SOE) limitation is required.
  • A minimum of one unrestricted Pilot-in-Command (PIC) type rating.
• Preferred:
  • Demonstrated training experience under FAR Part 135, FAR Part 121, or military aviation training environments.
  • A minimum of 2,500 hours of total flight time.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Profound knowledge of aviation safety standards and best practices.
• Comprehensive understanding of common aviation regulations.
• Proven ability to manage classroom dynamics and deliver effective instruction.
• Developed facilitation skills for engaging and productive learning sessions.
• Strong customer service orientation with the ability to build positive client relationships.
• Receptiveness to coaching and feedback, demonstrating a commitment to continuous professional development.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

This role demands a degree of physical agility and stamina. The Instructor will regularly use hands for controls, reach with arms, and engage in verbal communication. Physical tasks may include standing, walking, sitting, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling. Specific physical requirements involve manipulating rudder controls and anti-torque with both feet, operating numerous controls within a simulator from the instructor's chair, and safely entering/exiting simulator devices. The ability to move between the instructor station, screen, and podium in a classroom setting, and to exit a malfunctioned simulator in challenging attitudes, is essential. Vision requirements include close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth perception, along with the ability to adjust focus.

The position also requires 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 and may occasionally include exposure to high or precarious places, various weather conditions, wet/humid environments, fumes, airborne particles, chemicals, extreme temperatures, electrical shock, radiation, and vibration.