Rotorcraft Helicopter Safety Inspector — Impact & Compliance
Listed on 2026-07-27
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Pilot, Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics
Join the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as a Rotorcraft
- Helicopter Inspector. The FAA creates a work environment rich in opportunity, diversity, teamwork, and work life balance. Benefits such as weekends off, paid holidays, steady work hours, sick and annual leave, health insurance, and many more. Begin a rewarding career with the FAA and be a part of a select group of individuals whose mission is to provide the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world.
FOR THIS POSITION MUST MEET ALL OF THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS (applications must show that all of the requirements are met in order to receive consideration for this position):
Minimum Eligibility Requirements:
Applicants must be physically able to perform the duties of the Rotorcraft-Helicopter Aviation Safety Inspector position in a safe and efficient manner, with or without a reasonable accommodation.
The minimum medical requirements include the following requirements:
Applicants tentatively selected will be required to:
To qualify for this position you must demonstrate in your application that you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the FG-7, FG-9, FG-11, or FG-12 level.
Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position.
Applicants should include examples of specialized experience in their work history.
In addition, applicants MUST meet all of the following:- a. Must hold an Airline Transport Pilot Certificate with a Rotorcraft-Helicopter rating or a Commercial Pilot Certificate with a Rotorcraft-Helicopter rating and Instrument-Helicopter rating.
- b. Must hold a valid, unexpired Flight Instructor Certificate with Rotorcraft-Helicopter rating and Instrument Helicopter rating.
- c. Minimum 1,500 total flight hours in an aircraft as pilot-in-command or second
¿ in¿command, 1,000 hours of which must be in helicopters. - d. Must have given a minimum of 200 hours of flight instruction in a helicopter.
- e. Minimum 100 flight hours in helicopters as pilot-in-command or second-in-command or 100 hours as pilot in a Level D Simulator that replicates a helicopter, or any combination thereof, during the last 5 years.
- f. Not more than two flying accidents in the last five years in which the applicant's pilot error was involved.
Specialized experience at the FG-12 grade level involves a wide range of assignments or a few highly complex assignments, requiring planning and organization, setting priorities and working without clear or specific guidelines. Work at this level is typically reviewed only to assess the impact on overall organizational objectives, for example:
- Director of Operations or Assistant Director of Operations for a Part 135 operator
- Wing/Group Director of Operations or Squadron, Company, Battalion, Wing, Group, or Regiment Commander
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