Head of Aircraft Routing & Fleet Optimization

PSA Airlines, Inc.; Charlotte (NC); In loco; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

PSA Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines, is seeking a seasoned professional to lead the airline’s aircraft-routing function and own the Daily Fleet Plan across the Day 0–7 planning horizon. You will set routing priorities, governance, and standards while guiding Maintenance Planners and Dispatch Coordinators in the IOC.

This role partners across Maintenance, Flight Operations, Crew Scheduling, Network Planning, Technical Operations, and the IOC to resolve fleet-allocation

Competenze

• Bachelor’s degree in Aviation, Business, Operations Management, Logistics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of airline operational experience in Maintenance Planning, Operations Control, Flight Dispatch, Fleet Planning, Network Operations, Technical Operations, or related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience supporting aircraft routing, fleet planning, maintenance coordination, or operational control.
• Strong knowledge of aircraft utilization, maintenance planning, fleet optimization, operational recovery, and airline operating constraints.
• Strong analytical judgment and the ability to make time-sensitive decisions in a dynamic operational environment.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to lead cross-functional discussions and drive resolution.
• Ability to speak/read/write in English.
• If hired, must be able to demonstrate that you are authorized to work in the US.

Mansioni

• Owns the Daily Fleet Plan and directs aircraft-routing strategy across Day 0 through Day 7.
• Sets routing priorities, governance, operating standards, and decision frameworks that support safety, maintenance compliance, schedule reliability, customer experience, and fleet utilization.
• Leads Maintenance Planners and provides functional oversight of IOC Dispatch Coordinators executing fleet-routing activities.
• Directs fleet recovery and approves significant aircraft-allocation or routing decisions during maintenance events, irregular operations, aircraft outages, and schedule disruptions.
• Ensures aircraft are positioned for scheduled maintenance, inspections, modifications, overnight work, heavy maintenance visits, deliveries, retirements, storage, and return-to-service activity.
• Optimizes aircraft utilization and positioning while minimizing non-revenue flying, unnecessary substitutions, broken through-flights, crew-connectivity impacts, and operational disruption.
• Maitains executive visibility of aircraft assignments, availability, maintenance requirements, routing constraints, risks, and future positioning needs.
• Serves as the primary escalation point and cross-functional liaison for fleet-allocation conflicts involving Maintenance Planning, Maintenance Control, Flight Dispatch, Crew Scheduling, Network Planning, Technical Operations, and the IOC.
• Oversees CAE Movement Manager, S3RUS Tail Optimizer, and related routing technologies to improve planning quality and execution.
• Establishes performance measures, coach routing teams, communicate fleet-plan changes, and drive process, technology, and cost improvements.
• Responsible for the Company’s Security and Safety Management System (SMS) and associated Safety Risk Management and Safety Assurance outputs.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Conoscenze

Airline operations

Fleet planning

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Data-driven decision making

English proficiency

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree in Aviation, Business, Operations Management, Logistics, or related field

Strumenti

CAE Movement Manager

S3RUS Tail Optimizer

Descrizione del lavoro

PSA Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines, is seeking a seasoned professional to lead the airline’s aircraft-routing function and own the Daily Fleet Plan across the Day 0–7 planning horizon. You will set routing priorities, governance, and standards while guiding Maintenance Planners and Dispatch Coordinators in the IOC.

This role partners across Maintenance, Flight Operations, Crew Scheduling, Network Planning, Technical Operations, and the IOC to resolve fleet-allocation