Second in Command

Salary Range: $48,875.00 - $83,375.00. Compensation for the role will depend on a candidate's qualifications, education, skills, experience, and market demands.

Benefits

• Vacation and sick leave
• 401k match
• Healthcare coverage
• Broad range of additional benefits

About FlightSafety International

FlightSafety International is the world’s premier professional aviation training company and supplier of flight simulators, visual systems, and displays to commercial, government, and military organizations. The company provides training for pilots, technicians, and other aviation professionals from 167 countries and independent territories. FlightSafety operates the world’s largest fleet of advanced full-flight simulators and award-winning maintenance training at Learning Centers and training locations in the United States, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom.

Purpose of Position

The Simulator Second in Command is responsible for maintaining currency in assigned programs to act as “Second-In-Command” for both internal and external Customer Pilots for Recurrent, Initial, or generic training courses within the established training curriculum.

Responsibilities

• Act as Second-in-Command (SIC) for clients training in multi-crew aircraft who have come to training without a flying partner. In this capacity, serve as a competent Second-in-Command without performing instructional duties.
• Maintain SIC pilot qualification in accordance with the requirements of the assigned programs.
• Maintain SIC qualification in accordance with FlightSafety International’s Quality Management Systems (QMS) processes and procedures.
• Keep current all certificates, ratings, and designations required to perform duties as an SIC.
• Act as SIC in various types of aircraft for Part 142, Part 135, and non-FAA clients as required.

Requirements

• High school diploma or Certificate of High School Equivalency (G.E.D.) with two to three (2-3) years' related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Prior to SIC duties, the applicant must possess the following certificates:
  • Commercial Pilot Certificate with appropriate category, class, and instrument ratings.
  • Minimum of 450 flight hours.

Skills

• Fluency in English, both verbal and written; able to speak, understand, read, and write.
• Excellent cockpit verbal communication skills.
• Ability to interact with various customers in a professional manner.
• Ability to adapt to changing schedules and high-pressure situations.
• A second language may be required in some Learning Centers to meet particular needs.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• May be required to stand, walk, sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and taste or smell.
• Must possess the physical range of body motion to:
  • Reach, exert pressure, and manipulate rudder controls and/or anti-torque with both feet.
  • Reach and manipulate numerous controls within the Simulator device.
  • Enter and exit from the Simulator device via the provided ramp.
  • Exit from a malfunctioned Simulator while the device is in a severely pitched attitude.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Frequently works near moving mechanical parts.
• Occasionally works in high, precarious places and in outside weather conditions.
• Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold, extreme heat, risk of electrical shock, risk of radiation, and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.