FLIGHT Operations Specialist; T32 Security Clearance

Position: FLIGHT OPERATIONS SPECIALIST (T32) with Security Clearance
Duties
1. Conducts preflight pilot briefings in accordance with national guard regulations and directives. Briefs pilots on mission, aircraft and flight plan. Briefs and provides pilots with information on mission restrictions; on-route navigational facilities and equipment, hazards and terrain; weather forecasts; notices to airmen (notams) and deviations to flight plans when required. Is responsible for assuring pilot and crew are qualified in aircraft to be flown and for type of mission to be performed.

Is responsible for completion of risk analysis projection. Determines when flight requires higher level approving authority. As flight approving official, signs briefing documents upon completion of mission preflight briefings. Makes recommendations to pilot-in-charge when flights should not be attempted. Conducts post mission debriefs. Provides flight following services for all local and maintenance test flights. Responsible for direct voice communication with aviators in flight to transmit and receive information such as flight plan changes, weather advisories, notams, other aeronautical information and data affecting safety of flight.

2. Processes extended and local clearances, including examination for conformance with flight rules and regulations. Processes, clears and transmits flight plans and flight progress messages to appropriate agencies (fss, act tower, artcc) which may require use of service b equipment. Responsible for initiating search and rescue for overdue aircraft and implementing the crash rescue plan in the event of an aircraft accident.

3. Prepares, maintains and files records, charts, graphs, and reports allied to flight operations and flight training activities such as aircraft utilization reports, aircrew information reports, individual flight records, notice to airmen (notam) file and airfield data. Compiles and summarizes reports for analysis through the use of a computer system and peripheral equipment. Maintains and accounts for aircrew training records, medical recommendations, aeronautical orders, physiological training, and aviation service data.

Maintains arrival and dispatch records for inbound and outbound aircraft. Schedules and dispatches assigned aircraft and aircrews. Serves as the synthetic flight training system (sfts) coordinator by scheduling and providing necessary administrative support for aviator training.
4. Maintains current file of aircraft flying regulations and navigational information such as radio facility carts, instrument approach procedure charts, aeronautical charts, airman's information manual (aim), airport directory, location identifiers, atc procedures manual and army flight information publications.
5. Supervises on-the-job training of unit flight operations personnel performing equivalent training or accomplishing a split unit training assembly at the facility.
6. Performs other duties as assigned. Requirements conditions of employment
* national guard membership is required. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a national guard recruiter prior to applying for this position.
* this is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state's national guard, required prior to the effective date of placement.
* selectee will be required to wear the military uniform.
* applicants who are not currently a member of the national guard must be eligible for immediate membership and employment in the national guard in the military grade listed in this announcement.
* may be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
* participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
* may occasionally be required to work other than normal duty hours; overtime may be required. Qualifications military requirements: this is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military grade in the alabama army national guard. Applicants who are not currently a member of the alabama army national guard must be eligible for immediate membership. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact an alabama…