About This Role
Breeze Airways is hiring a Lear 45 Captain in Tampa to lead safe, timely flight operations in accordance with company policies and Federal Aviation Regulations. The Captain operates and evaluates the aircraft, supervises assigned crewmembers, manages flight planning and fuel, maintains aircraft proficiency and airworthiness, supports passengers and cargo, communicates operational risks, and upholds Breeze’s safety culture.
Duties & Responsibilities
- The Lear 45 Captain is responsible for the safe and timely completion of flight operations under company policies and FARs. Duties include determining aircraft airworthiness
- reviewing weather, field conditions, navigation aids, and other operational factors
- operating the aircraft throughout the assigned duty period
- supervising and monitoring assigned crewmembers
- maintaining proficiency and knowledge of aircraft systems and procedures
- completing pre- and post-flight inspections
- reviewing departure, arrival, and alternate-station weather
- ensuring flight planning and fueling are proper
- assisting with aircraft, passenger, baggage, and cargo handling where company personnel are unavailable
- promptly notifying crew and passengers about turbulence, adverse weather, and other operational factors
- assessing risk and using appropriate resources
- observing the Team Member and Pilot Playbooks
- performing assigned flight-officer duties
- and completing other duties assigned by the Company.
What We Offer
Full-time benefits include health, vision, and dental coverage, a Health Savings Account with a Breeze employee match, a 401(k) with a Breeze employee match, generous paid time off, and travel 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, 2,500+ hours of total time excluding simulator and Flight Engineer time, at least 1,000 hours of fixed-wing PIC time, 1,000 hours of fixed-wing multi-engine time, 500 hours of fixed-wing jet time, and 500 hours of multicrew time.
- Candidates must have actively flown during two of the previous five years, hold a high school diploma or equivalent, maintain accurate pilot training records under FAA Pilot Records Database regulations, possess a current First-Class FAA Medical Certificate and valid FCC Radiotelephone Operator’s Permit, complete required training, pass drug and TSA fingerprint-based criminal-history checks and a Breeze background check, hold U.S. work authorization, and read, write, speak, and understand English.
- A Lear 45 type rating, Lear 45 Captain experience, and previous U.S.
- Part 135 or Part 121 experience are preferred.
- The posting also lists experience with Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe products, communication and interpersonal capabilities, problem-solving, collaboration, and alignment with Breeze’s safety culture.
- Applicants must satisfy the stated passport, travel, driver’s-license, and physical working-condition requirements.