27 June 2025

Flight Safety International | Instructor

Seattle, WA, Canada

Flight Instructor

FlightSafety International, the world’s premier professional aviation training company, is seeking dedicated professionals to join its team as Flight Instructors. The Flight Instructor plays a vital role in delivering exceptional ground and simulator flight instruction, adhering strictly to aviation regulations and FlightSafety’s established training principles. This position offers the opportunity to shape the skills and knowledge of aviation professionals from around the globe within a leading organization renowned for its advanced training solutions and simulators.

About FlightSafety International

FlightSafety International is the world’s premier professional aviation training company and supplier of flight simulators, visual systems and displays to commercial, government and military organizations. The company provides training for pilots, technicians and other aviation professionals from 167 countries and independent territories. FlightSafety operates the world’s largest fleet of advanced full-flight simulators and award-winning maintenance training at Learning Centers and training locations in the United States, Canada, France and the United Kingdom.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities of the Flight Instructor include, but are not limited to:

  • Conducting pilot ground and simulator training for clients enrolled in core, specialty, or enrichment training courses.
  • Developing and preparing comprehensive training materials that effectively support training delivery and meet client needs in accordance with applicable curricula.
  • Evaluating and accurately measuring trainee progress, providing recommendations for qualification or additional training as necessary.
  • Completing precise training records specific to each client, thereby supporting their successful achievement of requested training objectives.
  • Identifying potential client training issues and seeking appropriate assistance prior to the execution of training sessions.
  • Maintaining all required Instructor qualifications in accordance with regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

Minimum Education:

  • No specific educational requirement is stated.

Minimum Experience:

  • Ability and willingness 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.
  • Candidates without an ATP must meet the requirements of:
    • 14 CFR part 61.153
    • 14 CFR part 61.64 without a Supervised Operating Experience (SOE) limitation.
  • A minimum of one unrestricted PIC type rating.
  • Preferred: Experience in FAR Part 135, FAR Part 121, or military training operations.
  • Preferred: A minimum of 2,500 hours of total flight time.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Demonstrated knowledge of aviation safety standards and practices.
  • Familiarity with common aviation regulations.
  • Proven ability to manage training classes effectively and deliver instruction with clarity.
  • Possesses first-level facilitation skills.
  • Possesses first-level customer service skills.
  • Ability to be coachable and receptive to feedback to support continuous professional development.

Salary Range & Benefits

The salary range for the Flight Instructor position is $92,575 – $157,550. Compensation is determined based on a variety of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, education, skills, experience, and current market demands. These factors directly influence the salary/wage offered.

FlightSafety offers a competitive total rewards package. This includes vacation, sick leave, a 401k match, comprehensive healthcare coverage, and a broad range of other valuable benefits designed to support employees.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee may also be required to stand; walk; sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell.

Specific physical capabilities required include the physical range of body motion to: Reach, exert pressure, and manipulate rudder controls and/or anti-torque pedals 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. Safely exit a malfunctioned simulator device while it is in a severely pitched attitude. Specific vision abilities required by this job 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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts. The employee may work in high, precarious places and in outside weather conditions and is occasionally 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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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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