About This Role
FlightSafety International is hiring a Flight Instructor in Denver to deliver exceptional ground and simulator flight instruction in accordance with aviation regulations and FlightSafety Training principles. The instructor serves pilot clients in core, specialty, and enrichment courses, develops and prepares curriculum-supporting materials, evaluates trainee progress and recommends qualification or additional training, keeps accurate client records, and addresses training issues before delivery while maintaining regulatory instructor qualifications. FlightSafety is a professional aviation training company serving pilots, technicians, and other aviation professionals from 167 countries and independent territories through learning centers and training locations in the United States, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Deliver exceptional ground and simulator flight instruction in accordance with aviation regulations and FlightSafety Training principles.
- Conduct pilot ground and simulator training for clients receiving core, specialty, or enrichment courses.
- Develop and prepare training materials that support delivery, meet client needs, and comply with the applicable curriculum.
- Evaluate and measure trainee progress and recommend trainees for qualification or additional training.
- Complete accurate, client-specific training records to support achievement of the requested objectives.
- Identify client training issues and seek assistance before execution, and maintain instructor qualifications in accordance with regulatory requirements.
What We Offer
FlightSafety offers a competitive total rewards package including vacation leave, sick leave, a 401(k) match, healthcare coverage, and a broad range of other benefits.
Requirements
- No minimum education is stated.
- Candidates must be able and willing to participate in FlightSafety's DOT Drug and Alcohol testing program and must hold an unrestricted ATP certificate or an Airline Transport Pilot License issued by an ICAO member state.
- Candidates without an ATP must meet the requirements of 14 CFR part 61.153 and 14 CFR part 61.64 without a Supervised Operating Experience (SOE) limitation.
- At least one unrestricted PIC type rating is required.
- Preferred qualifications include FAR Part 135, FAR Part 121, or military training experience, as well as 2,500 hours of total flight time.
- The role requires knowledge of aviation safety standards and common aviation regulations, the ability to manage classes and teach effectively, first-level facilitation and customer-service skills, and the ability to accept coaching and feedback.
- Physical requirements include operating simulator rudder or anti-torque controls with both feet, manipulating simulator controls from the instructor's chair, entering and exiting the simulator via its ramp, moving around the classroom while instructing, and exiting a malfunctioned simulator in a severely pitched attitude.
- Applicants must have close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth-perception vision and be able to adjust focus.
- The job regularly involves lifting or moving up to 10 pounds and frequently up to 25 pounds, and may involve moving mechanical parts, high or precarious locations, outdoor weather, wet or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold or heat, electrical shock, radiation, and vibration.
- Employment is contingent on compliance reviews, including OFAC sanctions screening.
- The position may require access to ITAR- or EAR-controlled technology, U.S.-Person or export-authorization eligibility, and eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S.
- Government security clearance.