About FlightSafety International

FlightSafety 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. FlightSafety 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 Helicopter Program Manager (HPM) is responsible for the operation of the assigned Helicopter Pilot Training Program(s) within the Learning Center by performing the following duties:
NOTE: The term “Program” can refer to the training program in its development, implementation, or evaluation stages.

Training Standards – Program Activities: (Includes Compliance with regulations and guidelines and Quality Management System (QMS) policies and procedures); plus Lesson Planning, Current Material and Set-up.

• Supervise and manage the day-to-day Customer training activities specific to the program aircraft to include aircraft-specific training delivery, Customer scheduling, Instructor scheduling, condition of training equipment, and training documentation.


• Ensure that training materials are prepared, maintained and used in accordance with all regulatory requirements by periodically comparing said requirements with day-to-day activities and any audit inspection results at the Center.


• Coordinate with the appropriate agencies/authorities (FAA/JAA), the Corporate PM


• Automated Flight Deck Training, and appropriate FlightSafety International personnel regarding all matters concerning the approval of Flight Training Devices (FTDs) and appropriate training curriculum material, as requested.


• When necessary, provide “hands on” supervision of Instructor(s) to ensure Instructor(s) continuing competency to train FlightSafety International’s Customers within the assigned program.Training Standards

Instructor Activities: (Includes Compliance with regulations and guidelines and QMS policies and procedures)

• Maintain Instructor qualification in accordance with NOTE on the last page of this Job Description.


• Maintain Instructor qualification in accordance with FlightSafety International’s Quality Maintenance Systems (QMS) processes and procedures. (Refer to QWI-62-02-01)-Keep current all certificates, ratings and designations required to perform duties as a Ground, Simulator or Flight Instructor.


• Responsible for monitoring and ensuring training compliance with FlightSafety International’s ‘Instructor Performance Standards’.


• Act as a Ground, Flight (Simulator), and/or Flight (Aircraft) Instructor, as needed. (See appropriate Job Descriptions for required qualifications)


• Provide information and resources to individual Instructors in support of the conduct of Customer training.


• Ensure Instructors are informed of unique Customer training requirements and ensure compliance with those requirements during Customers’ training.


• Establish and maintain expanded Instructor Action Guides (IAGs) for appropriate program(s).


• Update and modify Lesson Plan notes, syllabi and teaching aids, as necessary.


• Conduct periodic Instructor meetings to communicate policies, procedures, and unique Customer training issues.


• Evaluate, in conjunction with the Director of Standards (DOS), all New-Hire Pilot Instructors at the completion of their initial training and qualification phases and certify them as ready to teach the subjects/courses which they are scheduled to instruct.


• In conjunction with DOS, establish in-house training programs to maintain and improve Instructor-teaching skills.


• Monitor, periodically, through random quality Assurance observations, the teaching skills of all Pilot Training Instructors and confer with DOS regarding Instructors’ capability.


• In conjunction with DOS, continue to ensure that all Pilot Instructors are fully trained and qualified in accordance with FlightSafety International and regulatory requirements for the Center.

Teamwork – Internal and External Activities:

• Communicate with the Center’s Director of Training (DOT) and the Center Manager concerning Customer training activities, scheduling and documentation, Simulator status and Instructor scheduling.

Associate's degree (A.A.) from a two-year college or technical school preferred, or three (3) years' related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience; equivalency years’ experience substitution must be in related field.

Minimum of six (6) months experience in a teaching/training environment, especially where the material is designed for adult (over 18 years old) participants, preferred.For all current qualifications, please refer to the requirements noted in the appropriate Ground, Simulator and Flight Instructor Job Descriptions.The following are preferred experience in specific rotorcraft-helicopter lines due to the equipment training being offered by the designated Learning Center:

• Tucson, AZ:Eurocopter AS-350 -Hurst, TX or Lafayette, LABell (any models) and/or Eurocopter EC 135-West Palm Beach or Lafayette, LASikorsky (any models)

The following are preferred experience in specific rotorcraft-helicopter environments:

• Off-shore drilling rig pick-ups and deliveries-Emergency Medical (EMS) pick-ups and deliveries
• Corporate Part 91 and Part 135 or 121 or foreign equivalent operations

• Fluency in English, through both verbal and written communications; able to speak, understand, read and write
• Excellent verbal and written communication skillsExcellent organizational skills
• Ability to interact with various levels of management in a professional manner
• Ability to adapt to changing schedules and high pressure situations
• Knowledge of management principles and their applications
• A second language may be required in some Learning Centers to meet particular needs

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. Must possess physical range of body motion to perform the following (Simulator):

• Reach, exert pressure and manipulate the rudder controls with both feet.
• Reach and manipulate numerous controls within the Simulator device from the Instructor's chair.
• Enter and exit from the Simulator device via the provided ramp.
• With relative ease and quickness move between the Instructor station, projector screen and podium while instructing in the classroom.
• Exit from malfunctioned Simulator while the device is in a severely pitched attitude.

Must possess physical range of body motion to perform the following (Aircraft):

• Reach, exert pressure and manipulate the rudder controls with both feet. 
• Reach and manipulate numerous controls within the aircraft's cockpit.
• Enter and exit the aircraft's cockpit.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts.
• The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and in outside weather conditions and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold, extreme heat, risk of electrical shock, risk of radiation, and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

FlightSafety is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Vet/Disabled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability.