Flight Safety International | Instructor

Overview

FlightSafety International, the world's premier professional aviation training company, is seeking a highly skilled and dedicated Flight Instructor to deliver exceptional ground and simulator flight instruction. This pivotal role supports FlightSafety's commitment to advancing aviation safety and proficiency for pilots worldwide. Candidates will join a team renowned for providing advanced training solutions and state-of-the-art flight simulators to commercial, government, and military organizations across 167 countries and independent territories.

About FlightSafety International

FlightSafety International stands as the world’s foremost professional aviation training company and a leading supplier of flight simulators, visual systems, and displays. The company is dedicated to training pilots, technicians, and other aviation professionals globally. FlightSafety operates the world’s largest fleet of advanced full-flight simulators and delivers award-winning maintenance training at its Learning Centers and training locations in the United States, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom.

Position Summary

The Flight Instructor plays a critical role in upholding FlightSafety’s esteemed training principles and adhering to aviation regulations. This position is responsible for providing comprehensive ground and simulator flight instruction, ensuring clients achieve their training objectives with the highest standards of safety and proficiency.

Key Responsibilities

The Flight Instructor will be responsible for:

• Conducting pilot ground and simulator training for clients enrolled in core, specialty, or enrichment courses.
• Developing and preparing robust training materials that effectively support instruction and meet client needs, in strict accordance with the applicable curriculum.
• Evaluating and measuring trainee progress diligently, subsequently recommending individuals for qualification or further training as appropriate.
• Completing accurate and thorough training records for each client, thereby supporting their success in achieving requested objectives.
• Proactively identifying potential client training issues and seeking appropriate assistance before execution.
• Maintaining all requisite Instructor qualifications in full compliance with regulatory requirements.

Compensation & Benefits

FlightSafety International offers a competitive total rewards package. The salary range for this position is $92,575 – $157,550. Compensation for this role is determined by a variety of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, education, skills, experience, and current market demands.

Benefits include vacation, sick leave, a 401k match, comprehensive healthcare coverage, and a broad range of other competitive benefits.

Qualifications

Minimum Education

• There is no specific minimum educational requirement for this position.

Minimum Experience

• Candidates must be able and willing to participate in FlightSafety’s DOT Drug and Alcohol testing program.
• Possession of an unrestricted Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate or an ICAO member state Airline Transport Pilot License is required.
• If an ATP certificate is not held, candidates must meet the requirements of 14 CFR part 61.153 and 14 CFR part 61.64, specifically 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.
• Preferred: A minimum of 2,500 hours of total flight time.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Demonstrated knowledge of aviation safety standards and best practices.
• Proficiency in common aviation regulations.
• Exceptional ability to manage classes effectively and deliver engaging instruction.
• Possession of first-level facilitation skills.
• Strong first-level customer service skills.
• An ability to be coachable and receptive to feedback, supporting continuous professional development.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

This role requires the Flight Instructor to regularly use hands for fine motor tasks, reach with hands and arms, and engage in verbal communication. The position may require standing, walking, sitting, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and sensing (taste/smell).

Physical range of motion is essential, including the ability to reach, exert pressure, and manipulate rudder controls/anti-torque with both feet; reach and manipulate numerous controls within the simulator from the instructor’s chair; and enter and exit the simulator device via the provided ramp. Instructors must also be able to move between the instructor station, screen, and podium in a classroom setting, and safely exit a malfunctioned simulator even when the device is 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 work environment frequently involves proximity to moving mechanical parts. The Flight Instructor may occasionally work in high, precarious places or in outside weather conditions, and may be exposed to wet/humid conditions, fumes/airborne particles, toxic/caustic chemicals, extreme cold/heat, risk of electrical shock, radiation, and vibration.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.