About This Role
This role is for an Airline Simulator Instructor to join the founding team of Vegas Flight Deck, an immersive airline flight experience in Las Vegas. You will guide guests through realistic flight simulations, combining real-world airline experience with exceptional communication and hospitality skills to make every guest's experience unforgettable.
Responsibilities
- Conduct engaging, professional, and entertaining simulator sessions for members of the general public, aviation enthusiasts, pilots, corporate groups, and other guests
- Provide hands-on guidance in realistic airline flight-deck environments
- Introduce guests to aircraft systems, flight controls, cockpit procedures, and airline operating concepts
- Lead guests through normal, abnormal, and emergency flight scenarios appropriate to their experience level
- Demonstrate airline-style procedures, decision-making, communication, and cockpit resource management
- Provide instruction on takeoffs, landings, instrument approaches, navigation, and other flight scenarios
- Adapt each session to the individual guest, from someone flying a simulator for the first time to an experienced professional pilot
- Create an environment that is educational, entertaining, safe, and memorable
- Provide constructive feedback while building guest confidence and aviation knowledge
- Help develop and continuously improve Flight Deck Vegas training programs, lesson plans, scenarios, and customer experiences
- Maintain a high standard of professionalism, safety, hospitality, and presentation
- Represent Flight Deck Vegas as a knowledgeable and enthusiastic ambassador of aviation
- Work collaboratively with the Flight Deck Vegas operations and management team as the guest experience is built and refined
Requirements
- Minimum 1,500 hours of flight experience
- Familiarity with airline procedures, SOPs, CRM, instrument operations, and jet aircraft systems
- Confident and professional
- Outgoing and personable
- Excellent communicator
- Comfortable speaking to individuals and groups
- Patient and encouraging
- Passionate about aviation
- Safety-minded and detail-oriented
- Able to adapt quickly to different skill levels
- Excited about creating an exceptional customer experience
Nice to have:
- Prior Part 121 and/or Part 135 jet experience strongly preferred
- ATP certificate preferred
- Aircraft type rating preferred
- Current or previously held CFI/CFII certificate preferred
- Previous experience teaching or mentoring pilots is highly desirable
- Experience operating or teaching in flight simulators
Benefits
- Employee discount
- Flexible scheduling opportunities
- Paid position with opportunities for additional responsibilities as the company grows
- Opportunity to grow with an innovative aviation-focused business
Important Details
About the Company
Vegas Flight Deck is in the planning and development stage, building an immersive, true-to-life airline flight experience in Las Vegas using authentic airline procedures, realistic aircraft systems, full-motion simulator platforms, and massive LED visual environments. Its simulator fleet is planned to include highly immersive airline flight decks representing aircraft such as the Boeing 737 MAX 8, Airbus A320, and Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Operations are anticipated to begin within the coming months.