Chief Flight Instructor

CHIEF FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The Chief Flight Instructor is responsible for Planning and coordinating flight training activities and taking any reasonable action required to ensure the safety and compliance of all flight training activities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensuring that each dual and solo training flight is authorised by the holder of an appropriate and valid flight instructor rating or a person appointed by the Chief Flying Instructor for the specific flight or sequence required by these
• Ensuring that all authorisations are properly entered in the appropriate flight authorisation book.
• Ensuring that the flight authorisation book is correctly completed before each dual and solo flight
• Ensuring that each solo training flight is personally supervised by the holder of an appropriate and valid flight instructor rating or a person appointed by the Chief Flying Instructor.
• Ensure the maintenance of flying discipline.
• Ensuring that the aircraft is equipped in accordance with CARs
• Ensuring that the standard of ground instruction given shall comply with the standards required for the license to be obtained.
• Ensuring that a training record of each Trainee or pilot trained is properly
• On behalf of the Head of training, ensure the standardisation of all flight training by:
  • Carrying out regular flight and ground checks on all active, qualified flight ground instructors and course facilitators in order to determine their level of competency and uniformity of standardisation.
    
• Assist with line flight duties as may be required from the AOC. 

MINIMUN REQUIREMENTS

• Instructors with minimum of 500 hours instruction experience
• Minimum of 1000 hours PIC on the C208/Turbine aircraft
• Must have TRI on the C208 or Turbine Instructor Rated
• Minimum of 2000 hours Total Flying time

COMPETENCIES

• Integrity
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Energetic
• Innovative
  
• Team player
• Organised, methodical, systems based and good time management skills