Market Intelligence: Indian Subcontinent

Boeing India is looking for a Lead Simulator Flight Instructor to join their team in India (Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad). Please see an extract of the job post below.

“The instructor will be responsible for the conduct of the highest quality ground and full-flight simulator based instruction for customer flight crews receiving initial, transition, differences and/or recurrent training in accordance with Boeing standards, regulatory guidelines and the approved syllabus. The individual will train, to a high standard, customer flight crews in the safe and efficient operation of large commercial airplanes or other aerospace products or systems by providing accurate technical information through the use of state-of-the-art procedures, training equipment and methods.  The individual may also conduct, as tutor, training of new flight instructors. The individual may also partake in course development and trial tasks as directed by Head of Training.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct flight crew training of customer pilots during the full flight simulator phase of training at both local and remote, including international, locations.
• The ability to perform all of the duties required of a Flight Training Instructor, including procedures training and technical instruction.
• Conduct thorough briefings prior to each training session, as well as debriefings at the end of each training session, to ensure that the customer is fully aware of the training profile, associated pilot competencies, required standards, and his/her performance. Provide a brief outline of the training events for future sessions.
• Evaluate and accurately document training session performance and progress in the relevant records and reports.
• Report any customer training problems or conflicts to Flight Training management
• Conduct, as tutor, training of new flight instructors both in the classroom and in the simulator
• Perform non-instructional duties as directed by Head of Training, including course development and trial tasks, customer liaison, audits and revisions of existing training programs.
• Communicate with the simulator maintenance technicians to report any simulator problems or malfunctions
• Under the direction of Head of Training, Chief Flight Instructor and Chief Theoretical Knowledge Instructor, uphold Boeing instructional standards, including the conduct of Standardisation Checks on other Boeing and contract instructors.
• In addition Examiner’s would conduct regulatory examinations (License Skill Tests, License Proficiency Checks and, where appropriate, Assessments of Competence) of customer and Boeing flight crew and instructors at local and remote, including international, sites.

Basic Qualification (Required Qualifications):

As a general guideline, initial hiring qualifications for a Full Flight Simulator (FFS) Instructor should include:

• Bachelor degree desired.
• Candidates must hold, be eligible to hold, or have held (this does not apply to a license that has been revoked), an ATP Certificate, License, or Rating (endorsement) from a recognized ICAO signatory country, with a type rating for the airplane on which flight training will be conducted. Candidates who are otherwise highly qualified but not type rated on the appropriate aircraft may become type rated, or the equivalent of type rated, while successfully completing the appropriate course as a student. (Boeing Flight Services may provide rating/endorsement training.)
• Five years’ experience with a scheduled/non-scheduled jet transport carrier, corporate jet operator or military aviation organization; with a minimum of 2000 hours as PIC.
• Three years instructional and/or evaluating experience on transport category aircraft with suitable experience as a simulator instructor within the past five years
• English language fluency – reading, writing, conversational ICAO Level 6 (required).
• Capable of international travel.
• Relevant work experiences demonstrating the ability to prepare a lesson plan, interpret and present technical material, and independently teach an airplane model.”

Source: Boeing
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