Airplane Pilot

Headquarters, Air Force Reserve Command; Illinois; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Air Reserve Technicians are full-time civilian employees who are also members of the Air Force Reserve unit in which they are employed, serving in ART Officer positions at the 932nd Airlift Wing with the rank of Lt Col/O-5. The role requires maintaining flight qualifications and performing ART duties alongside Reserve duties.

Candidates must be able to participate in regular flight activities, meet TIG requirements, and comply with AFRC policies.

Qualifications

• Knowledge as a rated pilot on flying status.
• Ability to formulate plans and courses pertaining to flying operations.
• Knowledge of safety principles, laws, and regulations related to military safety programs.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to independently plan and organize work, and meet deadlines.

Skills

Rated pilot

Flight planning

Safety principles

Effective communication

Planning & organizing

Job description

Air Reserve Technicians are full-time civilian employees who are also members of the Air Force Reserve unit in which they are employed. In addition to their civilian assignments, they are assigned to equivalent positions in the Reserve organization with a Reserve military rank or grade. Appointee's civilian assignments will consist of the following duties.

THIS IS AN AIR RESERVE TECHNICIAN OFFICER POSITION. This is an Air Reserve Technician (ART) Officer position located at 932nd Airlift Wing with the military rank of Lt Col/O-5, AFSC: 011M3Z. For questions concerning military eligibility please contact the Air Force Reserve Qualification Center at 1-800-257-1212.

EXPERIENCE: No specific length of experience required. The qualifications of Airplane/Helicopter Pilots or Airplane/Helicopter Flight Instructors in an Air Force active duty and Reserve force are directly related to the completion of prerequisite training and number of flying hours rather than years of experience. GS-13: Must have logged 1,000 or more total pilot time (i.e., accumulation of primary, secondary, instructor, evaluator, simulator and student time). Must be instructor qualified in unit aircraft. (Note: For position requiring the piloting of fighter jet aircraft (e.g., F-16, A-10, F-15, F-22), each hours as First Pilot and/or Instructor Pilot in a fighter jet aircraft may be counted as two hours of flying time when determining total hours of pilot time or primary and/or instructor pilot time. Training aircraft (T-37/T-38) should be considered when giving double credit but only for those hours in which candidates logged either instructor/evaluator pilot or primary pilot time. Flying hours logged as a student pilot will be credited one-for-one when calculating total time.) Candidates establishing eligibility based on military flight experience must provide official orders, forms, or logbooks showing their status as a rated military pilot, flight instructor, or flight examiner, as appropriate. Other certificates that meet or exceed the requirements of the Commercial Pilot Certificate are also acceptable, e.g., an Airline Transport Pilot Certificate.

NOTE: You must submit an AFTAR 209 or any official flying hour report and any official document that shows date received aviation service aeronautical order. Please upload your documents in the supporting documents section under Other. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL RESULT IN AN INELIGBILE RATING.

Federal Time-In-Grade (TIG) Requirement for General Schedule (GS) Positions: Applicants must have served at least 52 weeks at the next lower grade level or higher grade (or equivalent in an alternate system) within the Federal Civil Service to be considered for referral. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs):

• Knowledge, skill, ability, and experience as a rated pilot on flying status.
• Knowledge of and ability to formulate plans and courses pertaining to flying operations and unit flying training activities.
• Knowledge of established safety principles, practices, procedures, laws, regulations, related to overall military safety programs.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to independently plan and organize work, and meet deadlines.

Other significant facts pertaining to this position are:

• This is an Air Reserve Technician (ART) officer position. The employee is required to meet and maintain Air Force Reserve requirements. The work schedule will be aligned to allow the employee to fully participate in unit training assemblies. The employee regular assignments are primarily ART duties; however, the employee may also be assigned non-ART duties, generally not to exceed 30percent of total responsibilities.
• Periodically, as prescribed by regulations, must take and pass standardization/evaluation flight examinations which consist of both written tests and actual flight performance to demonstrate flight knowledge and abilities required by the position. Employee must participate in regular, frequent flights, as directed by the supervisor, over and above the flights required by the position.
• This is an AFRC key management position, in which the employee is required to formulate, determine, and/or influence policies. Must be highly knowledgeable of the AFRC mission and responsibilities. As a designated key position, the term "key" as it is used here relates to the ART program that defines the position as critical to mobilization capability (i.e., formulates, determines or influences policies of the unit to which assigned), and has no relationship to the term "key" as defined in AFI 36-507.
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