About This Role
Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) role at Spartan Flight Academy's Grand Prairie, TX campus, training student pilots through the Professional Pilot Course - scheduling and delivering flight and ground instruction, maintaining training records, and evaluating student progress toward Stage Checks. Per diem position paying $28.00/hour.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Summary Flight Instructors are certified flight instructors and as such, will maintain high standards of training, air discipline and personal conduct as they train student pilots in various courses offered. Flight Instructors develop pilots by emphasizing safety and risk mitigation during flight operations as their students matriculate through the Professional Pilot Course. In addition, Flight Instructors are managers of student training portfolios with essential duties and responsibilities listed below. Essential Functions
- CFI scheduling and coordinating with students toward their training progress, with results at no less than minimum appropriate rates for each student
- Responsible for the management and scheduling of their assigned students
- perform flight and ground instruction as assigned by supervisory personnel
- Maintain training records, and complete required documentation relating to student training, progress, and school operation at the Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) level
- Maintain a consistent quality of instruction at not less than the level mandated by the school, or by the Federal Aviation Regulations, whichever is to the higher standard
- Attend mandatory standardization training and perform Solo Monitor duties when required
- Provide administrative documentation pertinent to student training within prescribed time limits
- Develop and prepare course outlines, study materials, and instructional procedures for student enrolled in basic, advanced, or instrument ground school
- Lecture on various subjects such as aircraft construction, federal aviation regulations, and ratio navigation
- Using synthetic instrument trainers, demonstrate operation of various aircraft components and instruments, and techniques for controlling aircraft during maneuvers such as taxiing, takeoff, and landing
- Observe student’s actions during training flights to ensure assimilation of classroom instruction and to comply with Federal Aviation Regulations
- Tests and evaluates students’ progress, using written and performance tests and oral interviews
- Accomplish weekly scheduling functions and submit a daily report for Student Progress
- Prepare students for flight evaluations by providing high quality training and effective feedback
- Instructor abilities will be evaluated primarily by the Stage Check pass rates of students
- Flight Instructors will be required to accomplish student scheduling and progress reporting. The expectation is that the scheduling process should take no longer than one hour to accomplish, and student progress reporting should take no longer than 10 minutes each day to accomplish
- Flight Instructors can provide flight instruction for an FAA-mandated maximum of 8 hours per day and are encouraged to use the scheduling system to their advantage to accomplish this flight time
- As part of the Flight Instructor professional development in flight operations, Flight Instructors will be assigned duties in Dispatch and Line Crew Line Operations.
What We Offer
Tuition Reimbursement/Employee Scholarship Sick Paid time off
Requirements
- Knowledge and Skills
- CFI Required
- CFII preferred
- MEI preferred
- FAA Class II Medical preferred
- FAA Class III Medical required
- Education and Work Experience
- High School diploma or GED required
- Active pursuit of undergraduate degree highly sought Supervisory Responsibilities This job has no supervisory responsibilities. However, Flight Instructors are assigned up to 10 students, and at a minimum will accomplish 3 lessons each week for each of their assigned students. Travel Overnight flight or night flights may be required.