KC-130H/T Commander Pilot / Site Lead

About the role

This position is contingent based on contract award. Serves as a KC-130H/T Pilot responsible for planning, executing, and documenting Functional Check Flights (FCFs), Acceptance Flights, and Ferry Flights in support of depot maintenance operations. The primary mission of this position is to support aircraft induction, maintenance verification, and return-to-service operations at Fleet Readiness Center East (MCAS Cherry Point), while maintaining readiness to operate from a Government-designated home station. Incumbents will coordinate closely with government personnel, maintenance organizations, and aircrew members to safely execute flight operations in accordance with applicable regulations, technical guidance, and contractor procedures.

Responsibilities

• Exercises substantial responsibility for flight safety, instructional quality, pilot standardization, and the development of qualified operational pilots and Aircraft Commanders.
• Intervenes whenever trainee actions could compromise safety, regulatory compliance, aircraft limitations, or mission effectiveness.
• Conducts initial, transition, requalification, continuation, upgrade, mission, and remedial training for KC-130H/T pilots.
• Provides instruction in aircraft systems, limitations, operating procedures, flight characteristics, aircraft performance, mission planning, crew resource management, operational risk management, and emergency procedures.
• Conducts flight instruction during ground operations, takeoff, departure, instrument flight, en route operations, aerial refueling, tactical operations, approaches, landings, and other authorized mission events.
• Demonstrates and instructs normal, abnormal, and emergency procedures in the aircraft and approved training devices.
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