Senior Base Pilot – Multi‐Type Operations

🧭 The mission

We are recruiting for a Senior Base Pilot to play a pivotal role in delivering operational excellence across a range of contracts and aircraft types or classes. You will champion standards, ensure regulatory compliance, and provide day‑to‑day leadership for flight crew, maintaining consistency at base and during detached operations.

• Uphold safe, legal and efficient flight operations, aligned to company SOPs and regulatory requirements.
• Provide pilot oversight at base: promote best practice, conduct line support activities, and reinforce operational discipline.
• Lead detached operations, delivering clear briefings and maintaining standards across varied contracts and aircraft types/classes.
• Partner with the Fleet Captain on compliance, audits and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Mentor, coach and develop flight crew; support training, standardisation and feedback loops.
• Contribute to safety management: hazard reporting, occurrence follow‑up and lessons learned.
• Represent the company professionally with clients, regulators and internal stakeholders.

• Strong understanding of flight operations compliance, safety management and regulatory frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor and develop flight crew.
• Excellent communication skills and professional stakeholder presence.
• High attention to detail with strong organisational capability.
  
  Ability to work effectively both independently and within a wider operational team.

• Experience:
  
  Proven experience as a line captain or equivalent operational leadership role.
• Type rating:
  Not required; training provided on the company fleet.
• Licence: UK CAA ATPL or CPL.
• Medical:
  Class 1.
• Language: ICAO ELP Level 4 or higher.

You will support a diverse portfolio of contracts on the nominated aircraft type or classes, maintaining high standards and consistent delivery at the home base and during detached assignments.

If you’re a proactive leader who thrives on operational excellence and team development, we’d love to hear from you. Submit your updated CV and a brief cover note highlighting relevant leadership and operational experience.