Job Title: UH60M Instructor Pilot
Instructor Pilots are responsible for providing advanced UH60M instruction. This includes conducting initial ATP integration, continuation training, the Initial Aircraft Qualification Course (AQC), Aircraft Qualification Training (AQT), and evaluating employee and customer crewmembers according to the US Army Aircrew Training Manual (ATM) and MNG Modernization Training Plan requirements. Responsibilities include delivering academic and hands-on performance training, administering evaluations to ensure aircrew proficiency, and maintaining the Individual Aircrew Training Folder (IATF) with all necessary training, currency, and readiness entries. Instruction is provided in both classroom settings and flight environments, including the aircraft and flight training devices. This involves delivering contact, basic instrument, night vision goggle, and basic combat skills training to meet US Army standards as outlined in the government-approved ATM. Instructional methods may encompass individual or group sessions in academic classrooms, aircraft, or simulators.
Responsibilities
- Train and evaluate Aviation pilots in the UH60M aircraft in accordance with the US Army ATM and specific unit ATP guidelines.
- Support the development and execution of an Aviation Aircrew Training Program in accordance with customer guidance.
- Verify and confirm that all required flight training publications are current and complete.
- Conduct and evaluate individual readiness level progression tasks, including instrument flight tasks during day, night, night vision system (NVS), and night vision goggle (NVG), and instrument flight rules (IFR).
- Prepare crewmembers through realistic mission training flight maneuvers under local environmental conditions, to include dust landings, and weather-specific desert training.
- Provide aircrew proficiency training in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) within and outside controlled airspace under Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and/or International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) flight rules.
- Attend meetings as required by Customers.
- Recommend aviation instructor pilot and Pilot in Command appointments to customer leadership.
- Attend and provide training and mission planning input to the weekly scheduling meeting based on ATP requirements.
- Act as ATP mentor within the company standardization and battalion standardization team as needed by the customer, to include Master Gunner training and mentorship.
- Provide guidance and mentorship for field exercises at tenant locations.
- Instructor Pilot duties may be required at offsite locations based on customer needs.
- Perform within broad guidelines of duties and responsibilities with significant choice of methods.
- Possess the authority to select and implement goals and objectives within the execution of duties and responsibilities.
- May be assigned as project lead to support program goals within the guidance of the PWS, including technical writing of aviation documents.
- Perform additional duties as directed by management.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Associate's Degree or higher required.
- High school diploma or equivalent; additional education or training in a related field is beneficial.
- Must have been qualified as a Pilot in Command.
- Graduate of the UH60M Instructor Pilot Course (IPC)/Methods of Instruction (MOI) course at an authorized U.S. Army Aviation Proponent School or an IP equivalency evaluation administered by a standardization instructor pilot (SP) selected by the Directorate of Evaluations and Standardization (DES) required.
- Qualified on the UH60M Series Aircraft required.
- Minimum of 1500 total flight hours (total time). Minimum of 500 flight hours Instructor Pilot time.
- FAA Commercial Pilot certificate required.
- FAA Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) recommended.
- Successfully pass the FAA Class II Flight Physical upon hire, and annually thereafter required.