About This Role
Jet Access is seeking a Typed/Current Citation X Captain for a home-based position available anywhere in the United States. The Captain holds command authority on assigned managed and charter aircraft, exercises operational control, leads the flight crew, mentors First Officers, and represents Jet Access with a strong focus on safety, airmanship, compliance, and premium client service. The role includes domestic and international operations, aircraft and maintenance coordination, regulatory documentation, security coordination, and responsibility for maintaining aircraft and crew readiness. The position follows a predictable 8-days-on/6-days-off rotation, with overnight trips, multi-day assignments, evening and weekend availability, and on-call periods.
Duties & Responsibilities
- The Captain serves as the senior crewmember on each assignment and sets the standard for safety, professionalism, service, and operational performance.
- Duties include exercising operational control for the Director of Operations, making final go/no-go decisions, maintaining proficiency and currency on assigned aircraft, leading pre-flight planning and weather and NOTAM reviews, and ensuring compliance with flight and duty-time limitations and rest requirements.
- The Captain mentors and guides First Officers, provides constructive post-flight feedback, fosters open crew communication, and reports crew development observations to the Chief Pilot.
- Client-facing responsibilities include delivering premium flight experiences, managing personalized travel needs, coordinating itinerary changes and special requirements with the Operations Control Center, conducting pre-flight briefings, managing in-flight service, and maintaining a professional appearance and demeanor.
- The role also requires reviewing flight and maintenance logs, verifying airworthiness, coordinating open maintenance items, ensuring servicing and records are completed accurately, monitoring engine trend data, checking manuals, charts, and required equipment, and coordinating maintenance to protect aircraft availability.
- Regulatory duties include completing flight, aircraft, and passenger records for Part 135 operations, performing Ground and In-flight Security Coordinator duties when applicable, verifying international travel documentation, coordinating customs and immigration compliance, and conducting international arrivals and departures in accordance with FAA, ICAO, and applicable foreign aviation authority requirements.
- The Captain may also support special projects and initiatives that contribute to Jet Access's growth.
What We Offer
Base compensation is $190,000 annually under the Jet Access Flight Crew Compensation Plan, paid bi-weekly.The package also includes variable compensation based on flight hours and individual performance, with an average additional earning potential of $15,000-$30,000 per year.The position is FLSA exempt and provides paid professional development, recurrent training, generous benefits, competitive wages, paid vacation and holidays, excellent training programs, and discounted flight training.
Requirements
- Required qualifications include an FAA ATP Certificate, a current First Class Medical Certificate, 3,000 hours of total flying time, 1,500 hours of total Pilot-in-Command time, 500 hours of Multi-Engine PIC time, and 250 hours of PIC time in the assigned aircraft type.
- Candidates must have completed initial or recurrent training on the required aircraft type within the preceding 12 months and possess working knowledge of Federal Aviation Regulations applicable to Part 135 and Part 91 operations.
- A valid state driver's license and passport are required, along with proficiency in digital flight-planning tools, avionics systems, and web-based or mobile flight applications.
- Applicants must successfully pass a background check and pre-employment drug screening, demonstrate alignment with Jet Access core values, and meet FAA medical and physical standards for Part 135 operations as Pilot-in-Command.
- The role requires regular in-person presence at assigned base airports and charter departure points, domestic and international travel, extended overnight and multi-day assignments, evening and weekend availability, on-call periods, physical stamina for extended flight duty periods, and attendance at Level 10 meetings and all-hands events when not on trip assignment.
- Preferred experience includes Part 135 or corporate flight operations with a managed fleet operator serving high-net-worth clients, mentoring junior pilots, familiarity with Avianis, ForeFlight Dispatch, or similar platforms, extensive international operations experience, and participation in safety-management, audit-preparation, or fleet-standardization initiatives.