Flight Safety International | Instructor

Flight Instructor

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Purpose of the Position

The Flight Instructor is responsible for delivering exceptional ground and simulator flight instruction. This pivotal role ensures that all training is conducted in strict accordance with prevailing aviation regulations and adheres to FlightSafety's rigorous training principles, fostering the development of highly skilled aviation professionals.

Tasks and Responsibilities

A Flight Instructor at FlightSafety International undertakes a variety of critical duties, including but not limited to:

• Conducting comprehensive pilot ground and simulator training for clients enrolled in core, specialty, or enrichment courses.
• Developing and preparing high-quality training materials that effectively support training delivery, ensuring alignment with client needs and applicable curriculum standards.
• Evaluating and meticulously measuring trainee progress, subsequently providing recommendations for qualification or additional targeted training as required.
• Completing accurate and detailed training records for each client, thereby supporting their success in achieving their specified objectives.
• Proactively identifying potential client training issues and seeking appropriate assistance or guidance before proceeding with instruction.
• Maintaining all necessary Instructor qualifications in strict accordance with relevant regulatory requirements to ensure ongoing compliance and expertise.

Minimum Experience and Qualifications

Candidates for the Flight Instructor position must possess the following qualifications:

• 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 Airline Transport Pilot License issued by an ICAO member state.
• Alternatively, for candidates without an ATP, the ability to 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 aviation training environments.
• Preferred: A minimum of 2,500 hours of total flight time.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Successful Flight Instructors will demonstrate the following attributes:

• Profound knowledge of aviation safety standards and best practices.
• Comprehensive understanding of common aviation regulations.
• Proven ability to effectively manage classroom environments and deliver engaging instruction.
• Demonstrated first-level facilitation skills to guide and support trainees.
• Exceptional first-level customer service skills, fostering a positive learning experience.
• A strong capacity to be coachable, readily accepting and integrating feedback for continuous professional development.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The role of Flight Instructor requires a range of physical capabilities within various work environments:

The Instructor is regularly required to use hands for tasks such as fingering, handling, or feeling objects, tools, or controls; reaching with hands and arms; and communicating verbally. Occasional requirements include standing, walking, sitting, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and perception of taste or smell.

Specific physical abilities include the full range of body motion necessary to manipulate rudder and/or anti-torque controls with both feet, reach and operate numerous controls within a simulator device from the instructor’s chair, enter and exit the simulator via provided ramps, and move efficiently between the instructor station, screen, and podium during classroom instruction. The ability to safely exit a malfunctioned simulator, even when the device is in a severely pitched attitude, is also critical. Essential vision abilities encompass close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

The Instructor must regularly be able to 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. Instructors may occasionally work in high or precarious places, in outside weather conditions, and may be 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.

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.