Simulator NSLI Pilot Instructor - Contractor

Requisition Number: SIMUL
003543

• Posted :
  August 21, 2026
• Full-Time

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Headquarters Minneapolis
2005 Cargo Rd
Minneapolis, MN 55450, USA

Headquarters Minneapolis
2005 Cargo Rd
Minneapolis, MN 55450, USA

We’re not your average airline. We’re agile, resilient, and full of unique opportunity. Here, you can grow as part of an ambitious team that safely and collectively supports each other, our travelers, and our community. Together, we're making travel more attainable.

With more than 40 years of Minnesota roots, we're a unique hybrid low-cost carrier offering diverse services including scheduled flights to destinations across the U.S., Canada, Central America, and the Caribbean, as well as charter and cargo operations around the world. At Sun Country, you'll be part of a growing airline, and an enthusiastic team focused on connecting our community with their favorite people and places.

Pilot Instructor - NSLI Overview:
Sun Country Airlines is hiring a Pilot Instructor - NSLI to instruct pilots in-flight procedures and techniques and for prepare them for validations and evaluations. The Non-Sonority List Instructor (NSLI) Contractor conducts task and line-oriented training in Full Flight Simulators and Flight Training Devices for Sun Country Airlines line pilots.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Provide instruction and certifies completion of modules within the flight training segment of the Sun Country Qualification and Continuing Qualification curricula.
• Develop and prepares module outlines, study materials, and instructional techniques as dictated by curriculum and pilot needs.
• Understand the role and responsibilities of being an airline pilot including but not limited to:
  Pilot in Command and Second in Command duties, roles & responsibilities;
  Expectations for professionalism, leadership, decision making;
  Crew Resource and Threat and Error Management;
  Sun Country company policies and available resources
• Regularly solicit attendees for honest feedback on course critiques
• Present an organized briefing and lead substantive, interactive discussions
• Closely adhere to approved curricula and allotted time slots for each instructional module;
• Manage classroom and training resources;
  Set-up and breakdown of presentation materials (power point, manuals, white-boards, handouts, etc.)
• Continually demonstrate ability to train and evaluate pilot performance in all phases of flight, including during normal and non-normal situations.
• Embrace diverse people, thinking and styles
• Make safety and security, of self and others, the priority
• Observe pilots’ actions and reactions during the training events to ensure integration of classroom and pre-briefing instruction
• Provide a thorough de-brief to the students on their development at the completion of each of the modules.

• Applicant should be familiar with technology required for the job including, but not limited to:
  • Use of Apple iPad tablet to access instructor syllabus and briefing materials, navigational charts, operating manuals, periodic bulletins, turbulence charts, etc.
  • Establishing internet or cell data connections to access company information and schedules.
  • Use of Power Point, email, and email folders
• The NSLI will be subject to initial, periodic, and random performance reviews both as a pilot and as an instructor during Initial and Continuing Qualification training
• This is a safety sensitive position
• Must have a minimum of 3,000 TT and 1,000 as Pilot in Command
• Must have served as a Captain at a 14 CFR Part 121 Certified Air Carrier

• B737 type rating and line pilot experience
• Recent…