About This Role
Bristow Special Mission is building a candidate pipeline for an anticipated King Air 350 intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance pilot opportunity supporting government and special mission operations. The Senior Pilot serves as Pilot in Command, with final authority for the safe, efficient, and compliant conduct of assigned flights. The role involves working with flight crews, mission personnel, and operational leaders and requires rotational assignments in Central and South America. Positions may depend on contract award, funding, and operational requirements.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Act as Pilot in Command on King Air 350 ISR and other assigned special mission flights, planning and conducting them under applicable FAA rules, company procedures, customer requirements, and operating limitations. Review mission needs, weather, NOTAMs, routes, aircraft performance, fuel, and risks
- confirm airworthiness, inspections, maintenance records, and Minimum Equipment List compliance. Conduct preflight inspections, risk assessments, and crew briefings
- check loading, weight and balance
- and use approved manuals, checklists, and standard operating procedures. Coordinate ISR profiles with mission personnel, direct the crew, apply Crew Resource Management, and make flight safety decisions concerning weather, hazards, discrepancies, and continuation. Maintain awareness during extended and specialized missions
- coordinate readiness and execution with maintenance, flight operations, program management, and customer representatives
- complete flight and mission records
- report safety issues and irregularities
- maintain qualifications, currency, medical certification, and training
- and comply with security and confidentiality requirements while supporting rotational deployments.
Requirements
- Applicants must hold a Commercial Pilot Certificate with Airplane Multiengine Land and Instrument-Airplane qualifications, have at least 2,000 hours as Pilot in Command, 1,000 hours multiengine, and 500 hours multiengine turbine, and hold a current FAA Class II medical certificate. They must be eligible for a U.S. Secret security clearance and able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance if required. A valid passport, international travel, rotations to assigned duty locations for at least 60 days, and compliance with government contract, security, and deployment requirements are required. The posting also calls for knowledge of FAA regulations, King Air 350 systems and procedures, ISR operations, aviation safety, and aircraft limitations
- sound judgment, leadership, communication, teamwork, Crew Resource Management, confidentiality, and English proficiency. Preferred qualifications are an FAA ATP certificate, a B300 type rating, a B300 PIC proficiency check under 14 CFR 61.58 within the preceding 24 calendar months, B300 series and crewed ISR experience, experience in Central and South America, government or military aviation contract work, FAA Part 135 operations, remote or international operations, and a current Secret or Top Secret clearance. Applicants must be able to meet the stated medical and physical demands of aircraft inspections, cockpit and emergency operations, handling operational materials, extended flights, and rotational assignments.