About This Role
AIRTEC is seeking a Falcon I DHC-8 Pilot in Command to serve as the final authority for safe, legal, and effective ISR flight operations in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility. The role plans and conducts day, night, and instrument operations, coordinates with flight and mission crews, maintenance teams, mission planners, airspace controllers, customers, and supported stakeholders, and supports deployed rotational aviation operations. The position requires disciplined cockpit leadership, regulatory compliance, mission coordination, aircraft readiness oversight, and the ability to operate in austere and OCONUS environments.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Serve as Pilot in Command for Falcon I DHC-8 ISR operations in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility and exercise final authority for aircraft safety, flight execution, crew coordination, and regulatory compliance. Plan and conduct day, night, and instrument flights using approved procedures, flight releases, host-nation rules, Federal Aviation Regulations, and customer requirements. Complete pre-mission planning, route review, aircraft performance calculations, fuel planning, weight and balance, weather analysis, operational risk assessment, crew briefings, preflight inspections, mission coordination, and post-flight reporting. Confirm aircraft airworthiness through review of aircraft records, maintenance status, approved procedures, and applicable regulations. Operate the aircraft in support of ISR collection objectives, mission crew requirements, airspace constraints, and customer tasking. Coordinate with mission planners, mission commanders, sensor operators, onboard processors, airspace controllers, maintenance personnel, and supported stakeholders throughout planning and execution. Monitor aircraft systems, fuel, weather, airspace, operational risks, mission conditions, and crew performance, and communicate issues that could affect safety or mission success. Use flight-planning, performance, navigation, electronic flight bag, mapping, and communications tools
- coordinate international permissions, diplomatic clearances, airspace access, and operational approvals
- support launch, recovery, debriefs, documentation, and operational reporting
- and maintain cockpit discipline, crew resource management, accurate flight records, and compliance with company, customer, and regulatory requirements.
What We Offer
AIRTEC offers competitive paymedical insurance with an HSA savings account for individuals and familiesdental and vision insurance with individual coverage fully paidan Employee Assistance Programcompany-paid life and AD&D insuranceshort- and long-term disability insurancevoluntary life insuranceelective critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident coveragea 401(k) program with a 5% safe harbor contribution and profit sharingflexible spending accounts for medical, dependent care, and limited-purpose expensespaid safe and sick leavecollege tuition reimbursementprofessional development trainingand an education recognition bonus program.
Requirements
- Applicants must have a high school diploma or GED, a Commercial Pilot Certificate with multi-engine and instrument ratings, a current FAA Second Class Medical Certificate or higher, and a DHC-8 type rating.
- Required experience includes at least six years of relevant aviation experience and 500 hours of fixed-wing Pilot in Command time in multi-engine turboprop, jet, or combined aircraft with a gross takeoff weight of 12,500 pounds or greater.
- Candidates must hold a current DoD Secret security clearance or higher, be U.S. citizens, maintain government eligibility, meet regional deployment entry requirements, possess a valid U.S. passport with at least six months remaining, and be willing and able to deploy OCONUS for rotational periods of at least 60 days.
- They must also accept irregular hours, including nights, weekends, holidays, and extended duty periods, and work professionally with military, government, contractor, and partner-nation personnel.
- Preferred qualifications include a bachelor's degree or equivalent military experience, an FAA Airline Transport Pilot Certificate with multi-engine land privileges, at least 1,000 hours in the aircraft category, multiple airborne ISR deployments or assignments, SOUTHCOM experience, Combined Air Operations Center support, and experience with DHC-8, Dash 8, or other missionized twin-engine ISR aircraft.
- Preferred skills include ISR tactics, airborne collection missions, intelligence or operations centers, regional geopolitical awareness, and coordination with U.S.
- Government customers and deployed ISR task forces.