Pilot, Owner Services - Sarasota, FL

Cessna Aircraft Company; Sarasota (FL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Textron Aviation is seeking a Pilot, Owner Services in the Sarasota, FL area. The role provides on-site flight support for owners under the ProOwnership management agreement, coordinating with the Maintenance Manager to ensure airworthiness and compliance.

Crews reside within two hours of the Sarasota base and handle day-to-day flight activities, including scheduling, trip planning, and aircraft care, while ensuring safety and customer satisfaction across domestic and international operations.

Qualifications

• Must obtain and maintain US passport (required).
• Must obtain and maintain FAA First Class medical (required).
• Airline Transport Pilot certification and demonstrated piloting skills higher than minimums (required).
• 3,000 Total Logged Flying Hours (preferred).
• 1000 Hours in Turbo Prop, Turbo Fan or Turbo Jet Aircraft (required).
• International operating experience (preferred).
• Experience in Citation products (preferred).
• Ability to comply with customer insurance requirements (required).
• Must have valid driver’s license and passport (6 month validity).

Responsibilities

• Provide on-site flight support for owners under ProOwnership management.
• Coordinate with Maintenance Manager and Operations to ensure airworthiness.
• Communicate flight schedules, trip planning, and aircraft care.
• Ensure safety, legal adherence, efficiency and customer satisfaction.
• Perform preflight and postflight inspections for discrepancies.
• Ensure aircraft are scheduled for required inspections and meet MNPS/RVSM/RNP standards.
• Monitor flight activities and ensure compliance with operations manual.
• Maintain familiarity with FAA and ICAO regulations.
• Ensure training and flight currency for all operation phases.
• Attend required training including international procedures.
• Maintain flight logs, navigation equipment updates, and storeroom duties.

Skills

Flight operations knowledge

Crew coordination

Safety compliance

Customer service

Education

Bachelor’s Degree preferred in Aviation or Aerospace related fields

In lieu of degree, minimum 3 years’ industry experience

Tools

Citation flight systems

Avionics experience

Job description

Job Number: 344387

Pilot, Owner Services - Sarasota, FL

Textron Aviation has been inspiring the journey of flight for nine decades through the iconic and beloved Cessna and Beechcraft brands. We are passionate advocates of aviation, empowering people with the freedom of flight. As you join our legacy as a global leader in private aviation, you’ll have opportunities to try new fields, expand your skills and knowledge, stretch your abilities, and build your career. We provide a competitive and extensive total rewards package that includes pay and innovative benefits to support you and your family members – now and in the future, beginning day one. Your success is our success.

JOB SUMMARY:

Provide on-site flight support for owners under the Textron ProOwnership management agreement. Crews will reside within two hours’ drive from the managed aircraft base (Sarasota, FL) and perform day-to-day flight activities, including scheduling, trip planning, and aircraft care. Crews will work directly with the ProOwnership Maintenance Manager to ensure maintenance compliance and airworthiness. They will also work closely with the Chief Pilot and ProOwnership Director of Operations to ensure customer requests are fulfilled to meet the highest level of safety, legal adherence, efficiency and customer satisfaction.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Enhance ownership experience by providing product expertise on Citation systems, avionics and flying characteristics. Consistently communicates product and ownership benefits during flight activities.
• Act as a company liaison between the owner and Textron Aviation to ensure that the concerns of all parties are fairly represented. Although crew is employed by Textron Aviation, the pilot will operate under an agency agreement that clearly defines operational control of the Owner. The designated lead pilot will serve as the primary point of contact for all issues relating to the remotely based flight operation.
• Clearly and effectively communicates with the owner regarding Pilot-In-Command responsibilities, standards of safe operations, and efficient methods of aircraft utilization.
• Possess a solution-driven mindset and willingness to explore all avenues on the path to resolution.
• Perform preflight and post flight inspections to evaluate aircraft flown for mechanical and cosmetic discrepancies and accurately communicate with the Maintenance Manager and the applicable Service Center to maintain the highest possible standards of quality and safety.
• Work with the maintenance manager to ensure that aircraft flown are scheduled for required inspections. Ensures that the aircraft are certified to MNPS/RVSM/RNP Standards to meet all travel requirements, both domestic and international.
• Work with the account manager to understand and provide input to the aircraft flight schedule while continuously monitoring flight activities to ensure flights are conducted within the guidelines set forth in the operations manual such as crew duty limits and rest requirements, runway lengths and weather minimums. Will warrant that safety of operations is paramount with each flight.
• Maintain familiarity with all applicable FAA and ICAO regulations. Comply with all regulations and local operating procedures.
• Ensure training and flight currency for all phases of operations. Inform the Chief Pilot or Manager, Aircraft Management when any currency is approaching expiration.
• Attend training as required. Training will include initial and recurrent aircraft training, emergency procedures training, crew coordination training, international procedures training and other training as deemed necessary by management.
• Perform vital day-to-day department management duties such as maintaining aircraft flight logs, updating aircraft navigation equipment, obtaining current electronic and hard-copy documents required for flight, and performing storeroom duties and light aircraft cleaning.
• Responsible for coordinating vacation requests with the account manager

EDUCATION/ EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred in Aviation or Aerospace related fields.
• In lieu of degree, must meet the qualifications below and a minimum of 3 years’ industry experience (preferred).

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a valid US passport (required)
• Ability to obtain and maintain a FAA First Class medical (required)
• Airline Transport Pilot certification and demonstrated piloting skills higher than the minimums stated from the appropriate Practical Test Standards(required)
• 3,000 Total Logged Flying Hours (preferred)
• 1000 Hours in Turbo Prop, Turbo Fan or Turbo Jet Aircraft (required)
• International operating experience (preferred)
• Experience in Citation products (preferred)
• Ability to consistently comply with customer insurance requirements (required)
• Must have valid driver’s license and passport (expiration dates no less than 6 months)

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

EEO Statement

Textron is committed to providing Equal Opportunity in Employment, to all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, age, national origin, military status, veteran status, disability, sex (including pregnancy and sexual orientation), genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.