Pilot- Second in Command

About the role

Under the general direction of the Director of Operations, Chief Pilot, and Pilot in Command, operates Air Med’s airplanes under the appropriate FAA regulations, Air Med’s Operations Manual and Policy Manual to ensure safe, legal, and efficient flights for Air Med / Executive Air Charter customers. The SIC is directly responsible for, and has secondary authority as to, the operation of the aircraft as dictated by the PIC.

Responsibilities

• Operate aircraft in a safe and efficient manner, complying with all appropriate regulations, guidelines, and instructions of the Pilot in Command
• Complete required paperwork in a neat, legible, and accurate manner
• Work with the customer to provide safe, legal, efficient, courteous, and reliable service
• Ensure the customer receives a safety briefing, understands baggage loading and unloading procedures, and recognizes that safety in and around the aircraft is of the utmost importance
• Maintain current airman and medical certificates on file with Lafayette Operations
• Maintain a personal logbook or recency-of-experience log to document recent flight experience
• Keep current FAR Part 135 qualifications
• Inform the Director of Operations, Director of Maintenance, and Chief Pilot of the aircraft’s operational status and ensure the aircraft is airworthy before, during, and after flights
• Represent Air Med Services / Executive Aircraft Charter professionally, including neat and clean appearance and courteous behavior to all internal and external customers
• Perform other duties and assignments as assigned by supervisors
• Report aircraft mechanical malfunctions by entering them in the aircraft maintenance logbook and communicating the information to the Director of Maintenance

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required
• FAA Commercial Pilot Certificate with instrument and multiengine ratings
• Meet Air Med’s / EACS insurance requirements
• Strong customer service aptitude
• Current Class II FAA Medical Certificate

Interpersonal Requirements

• Maintain social, ethical, and organizational norms
• Achieve accomplishment of all task details
• Maintain good personal motivation; develop a sense of ownership of job tasks and results
• Demonstrate a sense of urgency for all work performed
• Ability to work under pressure to meet strict deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Training Requirements

• Orientation to job requirements
• Indoctrination training
• In-house flight training to proficiency meeting insurance requirements