01 July 2025

Flight Safety International | Instructor

Atlanta, GA, 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. The company is dedicated to providing comprehensive training for pilots, technicians, and other aviation professionals representing 167 countries and independent territories. FlightSafety operates the globe's largest fleet of advanced full-flight simulators and offers award-winning maintenance training across its Learning Centers and training locations in the United States, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom.

Position Overview

The Flight Instructor is responsible for delivering exceptional ground and simulator flight instruction. This role requires adherence to all applicable aviation regulations and FlightSafety Training principles to ensure the highest standards of safety and efficacy in training delivery.

Key Responsibilities

The responsibilities of a Flight Instructor include:

Minimum Qualifications

Candidates for the Flight Instructor position must meet the following minimum requirements:

Desired Experience

Preferred qualifications include:

Required Skills and Abilities

Successful candidates will possess:

Physical Demands and Work Environment

This role requires various physical capabilities. The employee is regularly expected to use hands for tasks involving objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and communicate verbally or through hearing. The position may also require standing, walking, sitting, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, tasting, and smelling.

Specific physical movements required include: reaching, exerting pressure, and manipulating rudder controls and/or anti-torque with both feet; reaching and manipulating numerous controls within a simulator device from the instructor’s chair; entering and exiting the simulator device via a ramp; moving between the instructor station, screen, and podium in a classroom setting; and exiting a malfunctioned simulator device while it is in a severely pitched attitude.

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 items weighing up to 10 pounds, and frequently lift and/or move items up to 25 pounds.

The work environment often involves working near moving mechanical parts. Occasional exposure to high, precarious places; outside weather conditions; wet and/or humid conditions; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold or heat; risk of electrical shock; risk of radiation; and vibration may occur.

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

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