Aviation Safety Inspector (Air Carrier Flight Oversight)

## Aviation Safety Inspector (Flight Oversight)

Join our team as an Aviation Safety Inspector specializing in Flight Oversight. This role focuses on applying extensive knowledge of the aviation industry, safety protocols, and Federal aviation regulations to ensure compliance and promote safety. Please note: This position is for oversight and technical guidance; it does *not* involve acting as a required crewmember or safety pilot.

### Key Responsibilities:

• Apply broad knowledge of aviation industry, safety, and Federal regulations.
• Monitor and issue certificates to complex aviation organizations.
• Provide expert technical guidance and operational control to Flight Standards organizations and industry.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, specifically for CFR Part 25 Transport Aircraft and Part 121 air carriers/operators.
• Perform various technical functions related to certification activities.

### Minimum Qualifications (FG-14 Level):

• **Specialized Experience:** One year of experience equivalent to FG/GS-13, assisting, conducting, or performing technical functions on certification activities for CFR Part 25 Transport Aircraft and supporting CFR Part 121 air carriers/operators. This includes monitoring and issuing certificates to complex aviation organizations and providing expert technical guidance.
• **Pilot Experience:** At least one year of pilot experience in multi-engine aircraft exceeding 12,500 pounds maximum certificated takeoff weight.
• **Industry Experience:** Three years of experience with an air carrier, commercial operator, air agency, or an organization that operated aircraft or certified airmen. At least one year of this experience must be with an organization operating multi-engine aircraft over 12,500 pounds MTOW.
• **Flight Hours:** Minimum 1,500 total flight hours.
• **Certifications:** Hold a valid Airline Transport Pilot Certificate.
• **Accident Record:** Not more than two pilot error-involved flying accidents in the last five years.

### General Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Valid State driver's license.
• Fluency in the English language.
• No more than two separate Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations violations in the last five years.
• No chemical dependencies or drug abuse that could interfere with job performance.

### Medical Requirements:

• Physically able to perform duties safely, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Good distance vision in each eye (glasses/contacts permitted).
• Ability to hear conversational voice (hearing aid permitted).
• No physical conditions that pose a hazard or interfere with occupying a flight deck observer's seat or cabin passenger seat.