Flight Approval Coordinator

The Flight Approval Coordinator is responsible for the initial risk and feasibility assessment of all new flights as well as changes to existing flights. Reporting to the Head of OCC and working closely with the Duty Managers (DMs) and Flight Ops Management (FOMOD) he/she also contributes to ensuring that the fleet is optimized for a safe and economically efficient operation.

• Operational feasibility and approval of all new flight bookings as well as all changes to existing flight bookings according to:
• Flight planning and optimum flight path evaluation including runway performance analysis
• All relevant international and national regulations (e.g., operating hours, NOTAMs, aircraft availability)
• Crew availability and duty/rest regulations
• (to be further approved by the Crew Scheduling Team)
• Coordinating further steps with Crew Scheduling, MXC, FOM and Sales, RM, AM/CS Teams if necessary to facilitate the feasibility of each trip.
• Continuous communication with Sales, RM, AM/CS to provide options for new trip requests and trip change requests based on aircraft and crew availability.
• In conjunction with the Duty Manager, continual optimization of the schedule to maximize utilization and availability.

• In coordination with the Safety Department, FOM, DO, DM and/or appropriate OCC Teams - ensuring that crews, customers, and aircraft are safe at all times by keeping a constant overview of security, restrictions, and hazardous situations around the Globe.
• This involves running and monitoring security assessments and escalating any potential issues, when applicable.
• Working in Cooperation with the Data Management Team to always maintain the airport databases in Global View up to date.
• Monitor the FACT mailbox and act swiftly to provide answers to quote or operational feasibility related requests.

• Plan and organize work:
  Re quire the ability to create and use logical, systematic processes to achieve goals. Having the ability to visualize the steps needed to reach a goal and naturally organize the process, modifying, as necessary.
• Interpersonal communication:
  Effectively communicate, develop, and foster strong working relationships to drive team growth, engagement, and productivity.
• Collaboration:
  
  Working together to a common purpose to achieve team and business benefit. Enables individuals to work together to achieve a defined and common business purpose.
• Deliver consistent results:
  Follow through on tasks and goals to support team/operations success and improvements.
• Job Knowledge/Technical Knowledge:
  Understands work responsibilities and adds to knowledge and skills.

Limited travel (