CH-Instructor Pilot

About Flight Safety International

Flight Safety International is the world's premier professional aviation training company and supplier of flight simulators, visual systems and displays to commercial, government and military organizations. The company provides training for pilots, technicians and other aviation professionals from 167 countries and independent territories. Flight Safety operates the world's largest fleet of advanced full-flight simulators and award-winning maintenance training at Learning Centers and training locations in the United States, Canada, France and the United Kingdom.

The CH-47F Instructor Pilot delivers high-quality simulator instruction in Transportable Flight Proficiency Simulator (TFPS) devices and serves as a technical expert in CH-47F aircrew training. This role oversees mission setup, instruction, evaluation, and simulator operation while ensuring compliance with U.S. Army and host-nation training standards.

• Coordinate with supported aviation units to schedule simulator activities, maintain training alignment, and manage customer communication.
• Prepare and submit monthly simulator usage and scheduling reports to designated program representatives.
• Support host-nation demonstrations, briefings, and familiarization events involving the TFPS systems.
• Perform pre-flight, post-flight, scheduled, and unscheduled simulator inspections; complete operational readiness checks and maintenance test runs; report deficiencies to maintenance and program oversight.
• Maintain individual pilot simulator flight-hour records and provide monthly reporting to unit flight operations when required.
• Develop and maintain a Simulator Training Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) covering qualifications, responsibilities, and training processes in accordance with program approval requirements.
• Deliver instruction on CH-47F aircraft systems, instrument flight, mission operations, emergency procedures, and flight management systems.
• Operate the Instructor Operating Station (IOS), including scenario control, weather and environmental settings, fault insertion, and simulated air traffic services.
• Conduct in-flight evaluations, examinations, and targeted instruction, determining training objectives, tasks, and evaluation criteria consistent with U.S. Army or host-nation aviation standards.
• Manage student check-in, provide mission loads, weather settings, flight planning data, and all necessary training materials for each event.
• Ensure aircrew have required technical manuals, operational publications, and planning materials, and maintain government-provided flight information publications.
• Support aircrew throughout the training event, reviewing and validating mission planning, providing guidance, and answering questions before and during simulator sessions.
• Lead debriefings and performance assessments in accordance with the Aircrew Training Manual, documenting required comments in training records and providing corrective instruction.
• Provide training in day, night, and NVG operations; emergency procedures; instrument and terrain flight; tactics; gunnery; and simulated ATC services following applicable regulatory guidance.
• Train and evaluate unit aviators for simulator Instructor/Operator (I/O) qualification when requested.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on aviation publications, training standards, and simulator techniques; monitor changes to references and recommend updates to training materials and courseware.
• Assess simulator performance and recommend improvements to software, hardware, and training modules.
• Deliver or adapt training materials, courseware, and Programs of Instruction (POIs), reusing existing resources whenever feasible.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Fort Rucker-trained CH-47F Instructor Pilot or equivalent qualification.
• Significant military experience on the CH-47F platform.
• CH-47F simulator I/O experience within the past three years.
• Demonstrated skill operating IOS systems for mission setup, control, monitoring, and after-action review.
• Strong communication and instructional skills.
• Ability to work flex time schedule as needed

• Operational deployment or mission experience in CH-47F aircraft.
• Experience teaching multinational or host-nation aircrews.

Flight Safety is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Vet/Disabled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation,…