About This Role
Breeze Airways is hiring A220 Direct Entry Captains to lead safe, timely Part 121 flight operations in compliance with company policies and Federal Aviation Regulations. The Captain is responsible for aircraft airworthiness, operational decision-making, crew supervision, passenger and cargo safety, flight planning, dispatch coordination, and maintaining a high level of proficiency in A220 systems and procedures.
Duties & Responsibilities
- The Captain is responsible for the safe and timely completion of assigned flight operations under company policies and Federal Aviation Regulations. Duties include determining aircraft airworthiness
- reviewing weather, field conditions, navigational aids, and other operational factors
- operating the aircraft throughout the assigned duty period
- supervising assigned crewmembers and their enroute performance
- maintaining proficiency in aircraft systems and procedures
- completing pre-flight and post-flight inspections
- reviewing departure, arrival, and alternate-station weather
- ensuring proper flight planning and fueling
- assisting with aircraft, passenger, baggage, and cargo handling where company personnel are unavailable
- notifying crew and passengers about turbulence, adverse weather, and other operational factors
- verifying the load manifest and passenger count before departure
- promptly advising dispatch of schedule-affecting situations
- complying with diversion, cancellation, rerouting, or rescheduling instructions
- following the company’s Rules of Conduct and Pilot Playbook
- assessing operational risk and using appropriate resources to keep risk acceptable during ground and flight operations
- and performing other flight officer duties assigned by Breeze.
What We Offer
Benefits include health, vision, and dental coveragea Health Savings Account with a Breeze employee matcha 401(k) with a Breeze employee matchpaid time offand travel privileges on Breeze and other airlines.
Requirements
- Applicants must be at least 23 years old at hire and hold an FAA Unrestricted Airline Transport Pilot certificate with an airplane multi-engine class rating.
- Required experience includes at least 3,000 hours of fixed-wing time, 2,000 or more hours in large Group II transport-category fixed-wing aircraft powered by turbojet engines exceeding 41,000 pounds maximum takeoff weight, 500 or more hours as PIC in those aircraft, and 500 or more hours of US FAA Part 121 PIC time within the last three years.
- Applicants must have been actively flying during two of the past five years, maintain pilot training history in the Pilot Record Database, hold a current First-Class FAA Medical Certificate and a valid FCC Radiotelephone Operator’s Permit, and have or be able to obtain a valid US driver’s license and passport.
- They must be able to travel unrestricted to and from the United States, pass DOT pre-employment drug testing, TSA fingerprint-based criminal history screening, and Breeze’s background check, and have authorization to work in the United States.
- English proficiency, a high school diploma or equivalent, strong communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills, Microsoft Office and Adobe experience, and the ability to collaborate effectively across organizational levels are also required.