Crew Training Planner

Etihad Airways; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international airline is looking for a Crew Training Controller in Abu Dhabi. This role involves maintaining training events, managing crew schedules, and ensuring compliance with aviation regulations. The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of airline operations experience and familiarity with crew management software. This is a key position to maximize training effectiveness and operational efficiency in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years’ experience in Crew Control, Crew Planning, or NOC.
• Understanding of OM-D, GCAA and EASA regulations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain flight and cabin crew training planned events.
• Assist in managing changes in training rosters.
• Ensure accuracy of crew management software.

Skills

Experience in airline operations

Familiarity with crew management software

Ability to manage training schedules

Education

Post-Secondary education in computer or aviation

Job description

Synopsis

Reporting to the Senior Manager Training Planning; the Crew Training Controller will be responsible for maintaining all 24 / 7 published rostered training events, whilst ensuring maximum utilization of all training simulator devices, facilities and instructors to maximize the potential of the 3rd Party revenue budget. Ensuring 100% compliance to OM-D, GCAA and EASA within a crew management software system

Accountabilities

• Responsible for maintaining all flight and cabin crew training planned events in the live crew roster during any unknown disruptions as per compliance to OM-D, GCAA and EASA.
• Assist all ad-hoc changes advised from the manpower planning, flight operations management and EAT 3rd Party departments requested within the published crew training rosters with minimal cost in lost training events.
• Verify daily and monthly checks to ensure the crew software management system is 100% accurate as per the past, current and future training events to ensure zero regulator findings with GCAA or EASA.
• Monitor and track the overtime, PPU – Pay Per Use Instructors to minimize cost in payroll with efficient recovery scheduling methods of their roster and training plans.
• Assist in the User acceptance testing for any software issues (bugs) and / or updates to the crew management software used for tracking all training events.

Education & Experience

• Post-Secondary education preferred in computer or aviation industry study.
• At least 3 years’ experience in an airline operations department preferably within Crew Control, Crew Planning or NOC – Network Operations.

About Etihad Airways

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, was formed in 2003 and quickly went on to become one of the world’s leading airlines. From its home in Abu Dhabi, Etihad flies to passenger and cargo destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and North America. Together with Etihad’s codeshare partners, Etihad’s network offers access to hundreds of international destinations. In recent years, Etihad has received numerous awards for its superior service and products, cargo offering, loyalty programme and more.All this ties into Etihad’s ambitious Journey 2030 strategy. The airline plans to double its fleet size and triple the number of customers over the next six years as it sets out to be the airline everyone wants to fly!

To learn more, visit etihad.com

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