Piloting rotorcraft, teaching, and flight testing are at the core of this role within the Flight Operations team. This high-visibility position involves delivering top-tier ground school instruction and advanced flight training to customer personnel, as well as conducting production test flights, ferry missions, and customer demonstrations.
Responsibilities
Participate in ground and flight instruction/training for customer personnel
Receive and update flight manuals; screen service bulletins and letters to update and maintain related training courseware and curriculum
Set up classrooms and training resource materials
Perform flight training as an instructor pilot with transition and recurrent students in Airbus helicopters, training and evaluating maneuvers that include normal, abnormal, and emergency procedures
Familiarize self with new or modified systems, instrumentation, or other equipment installed on the aircraft
Prepare monthly flight log and reports
Ensure compliance with FAA and other regulations in all Flight Operations assignments
Prepare required pre-flight and post-flight documentation and reports, detailing significant occurrences
Coordinate results of flight with appropriate Quality Assurance, Flight Line and Flight Operations personnel
Pilot aircraft for demonstration flights with potential customers to assist in the Marketing Department effort
Support other Flight Operations missions, such as customer deliveries, demonstrations, and ferry flights, as dictated by other AHI operational requirements
Assist customers with flight related maintenance and performance questions; provide other pertinent and related information
Prepare daily risk assessments and flight plans
Participate in global company workshops for setting pilot training standards as the voice of AHI and the North American customer’s training needs
Requirements
High School diploma or equivalent
Five (5) years flight experience
2000 Pilot-In-Command hours in helicopters (at least 500 hours of which must be in turbine powered helicopters)
100 or more hours of flight experience in the last 12 calendar months
FAA First or Second Class Medical Certificate, Commercial helicopter license, IFR rating, and Certified Flight Instructor rating-helicopter (CFI)
Able to optimally operate company aircraft; and to maintain required FAA certificate and medical requirements
Able to compose written documentation and to read and interpret various types of technical drawings, data and specifications
Ability to conduct flight training at night
Willing to work with translators in the classroom and cockpit
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Onsite in Grand Prairie, TX 70% except when on travel
Vision: able to see and read computer screens and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings (Daily)
Hearing: able to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds on the production floor including safety warnings or alarms (Daily)
Speaking: able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications (Daily)
Equipment Operation (personal computer, telephone, copies, fax machine, and related office equipment and using electronic identification card to enter building floors and internal doors): able to operate most office and personal electronic equipment and some tools including production tools such as hydraulic lifts (Daily)
Carrying: able to carry documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs (Weekly)
Lifting: able to lift documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 30lbs/14kgs (Rarely)
Pushing / Pulling: able to push and pull small office furniture and some equipment and tools (Daily)
Sitting: able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on the computer (Daily)
Squatting / Kneeling: able to squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items stored on low shelving (Daily)
Standing: able to stand for discussions in offices or on the production floor (Daily)
Travel: able to travel independently and at short notice (Often)
Walking (include routine walking such as to a shared printer to retrieve documents): able to walk through office and production areas including uneven surfaces (Daily)
Personal Protective Equipment required: Standard PPE will consist of flight suit, gloves, boots, and company issued flight helmet. Deviations are authorized IAW the AHNA Flight Operations Manual for non-flight test operations. Additional required PPE may include, but is not limited to, Safety Shoes, Safety Glasses, Hearing Protection, Respirators/Masks, and/or Protective Gloves as required by site and/or customer site
Incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes
Retirement savings plan
Ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)
Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program
Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages
Upskilling and development opportunities through global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop employability, certifications, career path
Opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility
Important Details
Travel: 30% Domestic and International
About the Company
Airbus Helicopters U.S. regional headquarters is located in a suburb just outside the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, where it employs more than 1,000 people.
