Helicopter Instructor Pilot Texas

Helicopter Instructor Pilot Texas

Pilot Airbus Helicopter, Inc.'s (AHI) helicopters to accomplish production test flights, training of AHI customer flight personnel on and off-site, conduct customer demonstration flights on and off-site, and conduct classroom instruction for customer pilot ground schools.

Primary Responsibilities:

1. Aircraft Flight 20%

• Perform flight training as an instructor pilot with transition and recurrent students in Airbus helicopters, training and evaluating maneuvers that include normal, abnormal, and emergency procedures.
• Familiarize self with new or modified systems, instrumentation, or other equipment installed on the aircraft.
• Prepare monthly flight log and reports.
• Ensure compliance with FAA and other regulations in all Flight Operations assignments.
• Prepare required pre-flight and post-flight documentation and reports, documents significant occurrences.
• Coordinate results of flight with appropriate Quality Assurance, Flight Line and Flight Operations personnel.
• Pilot aircraft for demonstration flights with potential customers to assist in the Marketing Department effort.
• Support other Flight Operations missions, such as customer deliveries, demonstrations, and ferry flights, as dictated by other AHI operational requirements.

2. Classroom instruction 75%

• Participate in ground and flight instruction/training for customer personnel.
• Receive and update flight manuals; screen service bulletins and letters to update and maintain related training courseware and curriculum.
• Set up classrooms and training resource materials.

3. Administrative duties 5%

• Assist customers with flight related maintenance and performance questions; provide other pertinent and related information.
• Prepare daily risk assessments and flight plans.
• Participate in global company workshops for setting pilot training standards as the voice of AHI and the North American customer's training needs.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Other duties as assigned.

Qualified Experience / Skills / Training:

Education:

Required:

• High School diploma or equivalent.

Preferred:

• BS/BA degree or higher

Experience:

Required:

• A minimum of five (5) years of flight experience
• A minimum of 2000 Pilot-In-Command hours in helicopters (at least 500 hours of which must be in turbine powered helicopters).
• 100 hours of flight experience in the last 12 calendar months.

Preferred

• Flight time in Airbus helicopters
• 100 hours of multi engine time in helicopters
• Experience with night vision goggles.

Licensure/Certifications:

Required:

• FAA First or Second Class Medical Certificate, Commercial helicopter license, IFR rating, and Certified Flight Instructor rating-helicopter (CFI).

Preferred:

• Airline Transportation Pilot (ATP)
• Certified Instrument Flight Instructor rotorcraft helicopter (CFII).

Knowledge, Skills, Demonstrated Capabilities:

Required:

• Able to successfully operate company aircraft; and to maintain required FAA certificate and medical requirements.
• Knowledge of aircraft, aircraft systems, aerodynamics and flight characteristics of aircraft, FAA regulations, and other fields relating to conduct of flight programs.

Communication Skills (Spoken, Written, Influencing, Proficiency in Other Languages):

Required:

• Requires the ability to speak and hear clearly. Able to compose written documentation and to read and interpret various types of technical drawings, data and specifications.
• Fluent in the English Language Required (Read, Write, Speak, Understand)

Preferred:

• Fluent in Spanish

Technical Systems Proficiency:

Required:

• The ability to conduct flight training at night.
• Willing to work with translators in the classroom and cockpit.
• Ability to use computer.

Travel Required:

• 30% Domestic and International travel away from the facility.

Citizenship:

• US or authorized to work in the US

Clearance:

• N/A

Decision Making, Complexity:

• Ability to analyze weather, mechanical conditions and regulatory concerns in order to make risk assessments as to the appropriateness of aircraft flight

Organizational information:

• Reports to the Chief Pilot. This position is part of the Flight Operations department which is under the Vice President of Flight Operations and Technology.

Job Dimensions, Contributions to Success:

• Responsible for creating a positive customer experience

Nature of Contacts:

• Involved Communication on a regular basis with internal and external parties

Physical Requirements:

• Onsite: 70%
• Vision: able to see and read computer screen and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings. Able to see and read helicopter instruments. Able to detect various colors. Requires the ability to conduct flight training at night.100%
• Hearing: able to hear to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference, vis radio communications or phone and to hear sounds on production floor and in a helicopter including safety warnings or alarms 100%
• Speaking: able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications. Ability to speak during radio communications 100%
• Equipment Operation: Must be able to climb into, onto, and out of a helicopter and its cockpit; able to operate most office and personal electronic equipment and some tools including production tools such as hydraulic lifts; able to use a computer and flight equipment. 95%
• Carrying: able to carry documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs 25%
• Lifting: able to lift documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment, aircraft panels and parts, etc. up to 30lbs/14kgs. 25%
• Pushing / Pulling: able to push and pull small office furniture and some equipment and tools, able to spin a helicopter rotor during pre-flight checks 20%
• Sitting: able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on computer or in aircraft cockpits. 50%
• Squatting / Kneeling: able to squat or kneel to check body of aircraft and to retrieve or replace items stored on low shelving. 10%
• Standing: able to stand for discussions in offices or on production floor 50%
• Travel: able to travel independently and at short notice 20%
• Walking (include routine walking such as to a shared printer to retrieve documents): able to walk through office and production areas including uneven surfaces. 25%
• Medical certification: Ability to maintain FAA second class medical certification
• Environment: Able to move about freely in the area of moving aircraft. 50%
• Height and weight: Must be in a range to safely operate the aircraft. No interference with the flight controls
• Manual dexterity: Use of hands and fingers to manipulate knobs, flight controls and doors
• Personal Protective Equipment required: Required PPE includes, but is not limited to, Safety Shoes, Safety Glasses