Expressions of Interest - King Air Pilot

Expressions of Interest - King Air Pilot

Department: Pilots

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Gamston Airport, Retford

Offering bespoke airborne solutions utilising specialised hardware, equipment, and personnel to meet our customers diverse needs, we are seeking expressions of interest to join our King Air roster. Encouraging applications for both Captains and First Officers.

You will be required to work autonomously throughout the UK, Europe and beyond, often being deployed in small teams for extended periods of time.

Successful pilots at DEA are highly motivated, independent, and commercially savvy. They are trusted to make decisions, often at short notice and consistently go the extra mile to ensure that mission objectives are achieved successfully.

If this sounds like the role for you, we look forward to hearing from you!

• High professional standards. Confident, competent, and independently diligent in your professional approach to flying, fostering an atmosphere of safety in all areas.
• Adventurous spirit. Enjoy spending time away from home, embracing the varied nature of your work and operating autonomously in a dynamic environment where plans may change at short notice.
• Self-motivated. Take ownership of your mission objectives, whilst developing your flying skills to embrace the challenges that DEA’s operational profiles represent.
• Team driven. An ability to foster an atmosphere of shared goals, objectives, and upkeep of morale.
• Resilient and flexible. Willing to operate in challenging environments, often at night and/or to shift patterns that vary, and to the limits of instrument ratings and procedures.
• Growth mindset. Proactively seek opportunities to expand DEA’s business and foster shared progress and advancement.
• Customer focussed. Solving issues as they arise and putting the customers’ needs at the heart of the operation.

• Act in the capacity of multi-pilot and/or single-pilot commander on DEA’s BE90/99/100/200 aircraft fleet.
• Deliver a high standard of operation on a mixture of weekdays and weekends, including day/night flying as rostered 365 days/year.
• Maintain a professional flying standard and commitment to safe operations.
• Execute any administrative duties to support the business as necessary.

Mandatory

• A valid UK CAA CPL/ATPL
• 2000hrs total flying time including
• 500hrs PIC on a multi-engine jet or turboprop aircraft (not including PICUS or simulator time).
• 100hrs IFR flying time. Note, this should not be confused with instrument flying time, which is logged separately.
• Current Class 1 medical certificate.
• ICAO LEVEL 5 proficiency or higher in the English Language.
• Able to live and work in the UK
• Willing to work away from home for extended periods (up to 3-5 weeks at a time).

Desirable

• Hold, or within the last 3 years have held, a BE90/99/100/200 with single pilot type rating.
• Hold, or have held a security clearance allowing you access to information classified as EU Confidential or NATO Secret.
• Have not had a permanent address in more than one country in the past 5 years.
• Dual UK CAA/EASA CPL/ATPL holder.