Flight Instructor Aviation

Tasks

• Work as part of a flight team with other crew members, especially during takeoffs and landings.

• Use instrumentation to guide flights when visibility is poor.

• Start engines, operate controls, and pilot airplanes to transport passengers, mail, or freight, adhering to flight plans, regulations, and procedures.

• Contact control towers for takeoff clearances, arrival instructions, and other information, using radio equipment.

• Monitor gauges, warning devices, and control panels to verify aircraft performance and to regulate engine speed.

• Respond to and report in-flight emergencies and malfunctions.

• Steer aircraft along planned routes, using autopilot and flight management computers.

• Check passenger and cargo distributions and fuel amounts to ensure that weight and balance specifications are met.

• Monitor engine operation, fuel consumption, and functioning of aircraft systems during flights.

• Inspect aircraft for defects and malfunctions, according to pre-flight checklists.

• Choose routes, altitudes, and speeds that will provide the fastest, safest, and smoothest flights.

• Confer with flight dispatchers and weather forecasters to keep abreast of flight conditions.

• Direct activities of aircraft crews during flights.

• Brief crews about flight details, such as destinations, duties, and responsibilities.

• Order changes in fuel supplies, loads, routes, or schedules to ensure safety of flights.

• Record in log books information, such as flight times, distances flown, and fuel consumption.

• Make announcements regarding flights, using public address systems.

• Perform minor maintenance work, or arrange for major maintenance.

• Test and evaluate the performance of new aircraft.

• Coordinate flight activities with ground crews and air traffic control and inform crew members of flight and test procedures.

• File instrument flight plans with air traffic control to ensure that flights are coordinated with other air traffic.

• Conduct in-flight tests and evaluations at specified altitudes and in all types of weather to determine the receptivity and other characteristics of equipment and systems.

• Instruct other pilots and student pilots in aircraft operations and the principles of flight.

• Plan and formulate flight activities and test schedules and prepare flight evaluation reports.

• Load smaller aircraft, handling passenger luggage and supervising refueling.

• Evaluate other pilots or pilot-license applicants for proficiency.

Skills

• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

• Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.

• Mathematics - Using mathematics to solve problems.

• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

• Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

• Learning Strategies - Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.

• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

• Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

• Operation Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

• Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

• Troubleshooting - Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

• Quality Control Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

• Systems Analysis - Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

• Systems Evaluation - Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Knowledge

• Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

• Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

• Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

• Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

• Physics - Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.

• Psychology - Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.

• Geography - Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.

• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

• Public Safety and Security - Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

• Telecommunications - Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.

• Transportation - Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.