Flight Instructor

Blue Line Aviation LLC; Winter Haven (FL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company paid medical insurance

Dental and vision insurance available

401K with company matching

Job summary

A professional pilot school is currently hiring for a position that requires candidates to provide quality flight training. Applicants must hold CFI, CFII, MEI ratings and a 2nd Class Medical, living within a 40 mile radius of their assigned base. Responsibilities include delivering course content, maintaining professional student interactions, and documenting student progress. This role offers company-paid medical insurance and other benefits.

Qualifications

• Ability to provide quality training based on measured student performance.
• Excellent presentation, verbal, and written communications.
• Highly organized with a strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Deliver flight and ground training in accordance with established procedures.
• Maintain professional interactions with a diverse student population.
• Identify students that are struggling and notify management.
• Demonstrate and apply working knowledge of visual, auditory, and kinesthetic teaching styles to efficiently and accurately instruct students in accordance with the Aviation Instructors Handbook.
• Maintain professional interactions with a diverse student population by providing timely and accurate feedback that supports learning.
• Apply assessment and check ride results to address possible deficiencies and improve instruction effectiveness.
• Maintain and accurately document student progress and records according to 141 requirements.
• Identify students that are struggling with the curriculum or are falling behind schedule. Notify manager so that deficiencies can be addressed appropriately.
• Identify long-term and short-term goals in student learning and integrate assessments at regular intervals to support and measure learning objectives.

Skills

Teaching delivery

Student assessment

Time management

Safety procedures

Communication

Team collaboration

Detail orientation

Adaptability

Decision making

Familiarity with syllabi

Job description

Please note - this job posting is only for Blue Line students and alumni. We are currently exclusively hiring Blue Line students and alumni for this position at this time. If you are not an alumni, please monitor our careers page as openings for non-alumni will be posted there when positions open. This job posting is for both the Winter Haven and Smithfield locations. You will be assigned a base location during onboarding.

Job Overview

Started in 2012 by husband and wife team, Blue Line Aviation is a professional pilot school located at the Johnston Regional Airport in Smithfield, NC and Winter Haven Regional Airport in Winter Haven, FL. We strive to push the status quo in flight training while providing quality and innovative training to our students.

Benefits

• Company paid medical insurance
• Dental and vision insurance available
• 401K with company matching

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Competencies

• Ability to apply learned knowledge in practice
• Ability to provide quality training based on measured student performance
• Ability and knowledge to provide a safe learning and working environment
• Ability to effectively manage time for self and student learning
• Ability to advocate for self and students
• Ability connect meaningfully with others
• Excellent presentation, verbal, and written communications
• Ability to work effectively as a team
• Highly organized with a strong attention to detail
• Ability to think systemically, critically, and analytically
• Adaptable and flexible with work schedule
• Ability to make on the spot decisions
• Reliably and consistently on time and on task
• Familiarity with Blue Line Syllabi, Training Course Outlines, Safety Practices and Procedures manuals, and other Part 141 and Blue Line procedures and Blue Line aircraft.

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Duties

• Maintain current knowledge needed to provide quality and accurate instruction to students.
• Construct and deliver course content, utilizing appropriate and approved teaching strategies and resources that actively engage students and achieve desired student outcomes.
• Deliver flight and ground training in accordance with Blue Line Syllabi, Training Course Outlines, Safety Practices and Procedures manuals, and other Part 141 and Blue Line procedures.
• Demonstrate and apply working knowledge of visual, auditory, and kinesthetic teaching styles to efficiently and accurately instruct students in accordance with the Aviation Instructors Handbook.
• Maintain professional interactions with a diverse student population by providing timely and accurate feedback that supports learning.
• Apply assessment and check ride results to address possible deficiencies and improve instruction effectiveness.
• Maintain and accurately document student progress and records according to 141 requirements.
• Identify students that are struggling with the curriculum or are falling behind schedule. Notify manager so that deficiencies can be addressed appropriately.
• Identify long-term and short-term goals in student learning and integrate assessments at regular intervals to support and measure learning objectives.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• CFI rating
• CFII rating
• 2nd Class Medical
• MEI rating
• Must live within a 40 mile radius of assigned base.