Assistant Chief Flight Instructor

Job Duties

• Provide overall management for approximately 20 instructors and 150 to 200 flight students.
• Responsible for overall training quality and providing excellent student service.
• Ensure proper conduct and enforcement of effective training and safety standards, regulations, and procedures as established.
• Maintain and ensure compliance with current University and FAA policies and procedures.
• Aid, counsel, and resolve problems and, as needed, make recommendations for disciplinary action of all students and instructors designated to your supervision.
• Attend weekly Flight Training Manager meeting with Chief Flight Instructor.
• Attend weekly Staff meeting with Department Chair.
• Prepare for and attend daily Student Progress Briefings with Chief Flight Instructor and Department Chair.
• Prepare for and conduct monthly Team meetings with assigned Instructor Pilots.
• Review and adjust as needed the daily instructor schedule.
• Ensure maximum utilization of instructor, aircraft, and flight training device resources.
• Ensure assigned students are scheduled to meet their required activities.
• Verify student eligibility at the beginning of each assigned ground school section.
• Meet with Students/Family regarding training progress.
• Participate in New Hire instructor hiring process as requested by Chief Flight Instructor.
• Conduct stage checks and end of course tests as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Must hold a Commercial Pilot Certificate and a Flight Instructor Certificate with Airplane Single-Engine Land and Instrument Airplane privileges.
• Must hold at least a 2nd class medical certificate.
• Meet the minimum requirements for Assistant Chief under 14 CFR part 141.

Required Skills, Knowledge, Abilities

• Analytical skills with an in-depth knowledge of information systems and technical expertise with Microsoft operating systems, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook/email, and Internet end-user applications.