Aviation Safety Inspector (Operations), Geographic Program Inspector - Flight Program

Join our team as an Aviation Safety Inspector specializing in Air Carrier Operations, ensuring compliance and safety standards within the industry.

• *Key Responsibilities:**
• Coordinate technical instructions, policy orders, and procedures with Principle Operations Inspectors (POI).
• Conduct enforcement investigations, preparing comprehensive reports and recommendations.
• Perform re-examinations of certificated airmen to verify competency.
• Investigate public complaints, congressional inquiries, and aircraft incidents/accidents.
• *Qualifications:**
• *General Requirements:**
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Valid State driver's license.
• Fluent in the English language.
• No more than two Federal Aviation Regulation violations in the last 5 years.
• No chemical dependencies or drug abuse that would interfere with job performance.
• *Medical Requirements:**
• Physically able to perform duties safely and efficiently.
• Good distant vision in each eye and ability to read printed materials (glasses/contacts permitted).
• Ability to hear conversational voice (hearing aids permitted).
• No physical conditions posing a hazard or interfering with flying as a passenger in various aircraft.
• *For roles requiring participation in aircraft operations:*

* Possess a valid second-class FAA medical certificate. * Pass recurrent FAA medical examinations as prescribed.

• *Air Carrier Operations Specific Experience:**
• Minimum 1 year of pilot experience in multi-engine aircraft with a maximum certificated takeoff weight exceeding 12,500 pounds.
• Demonstrated professional flying skill via a simulator check to Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) standard.
• Possession of an Airline Transport Pilot Certificate or a Commercial Pilot Certificate with an instrument airplane rating.
• Minimum 100 flight hours within the last 3 years.
• Minimum 1,500 total flight hours.
• Not more than 2 flying accidents in the last 5 years where applicant's pilot error was involved.
• *Note:* Recency of specialized experience is waived for current FAA employees in the 1825 series.
• *Specialized Experience:**
• At least 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to the FG/GS-12 level (or pay band H).
• This includes experience in coordinating technical instructions/policies, conducting enforcement investigations, re-examining certificated airmen, and investigating aircraft incidents/accidents.

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.