Chief Flight Instructor

Role and Responsibilities

We are looking for a Chief Flying Instructor to be responsible for the supervision of the ATO standardization plan to ensure all instructors delivering ground-school, simulator, and flight instruction conducted under the auspices of the ATO.

You will ensure they are correctly standardized in accordance with CAE policies and procedures and the applicable NAA regulations and in the case of the CAA UK and EASA, specifically (UK) & (c) and & (c) respectively, and ensuring all pilot training activities are delivered to the required standards as defined by the CAE ATO Standards Committee.

The person will hold the regulatory post of Chief Flight Instructor ~ Non Ab Initio (Fixed Wing). This involves oversight of: 

Instructor Initial / Recurrent / Renewal Training

You will ensure both the quality and compliance of instructor training from the instructor training courses to the train the trainer courses and supporting courseware, to ensure CAE instructor training adapts to meet the highest achievable standards.

Instructor Selection

In conjunction with the Training Performance team, define instructor recruitment processes for the CAE Commercial Aviation Training Centre to ensure CAE selects the best candidates with both the required technical and non-technical qualities to be a CAE instructor. 

Instructor Performance and Monitoring

Responsibility for ensuring line instructors are training to the required standard, and ensuring recurrent and remedial training is targeted to maintain the highest achievable standards. 

Essential duties and responsibilities:

Meeting Manager for scheduled performance based meetings with the applicable NAA’s 

Chair of the ATO Standards Committee required to represent and act on the behalf of the Head of Training and the ATO Standards Committee to enact agreed instructor standardization policies. 

Responsible for the oversight of the Commercial Aviation Training Centre network standardization requirements throughout the network in accordance with (UK) & (c) and & (c) and other applicable NAA regulations 

Responsible for enforcing policy and training requirements for the creation of instructors which are harmonized with the wider CAE policies as designated by the Head of Training Performance 

Responsible for monitoring instructor standards to ensure maintenance within the established standards including on-site spot checks

Qualifications and skills

Hold an ATPL licence and associated ratings or certificates issued in accordance with Part FCL, related to Commercial Aviation Training courses

Minimum flight hours according to EASA FCL AMC2 , UK FCL AMC2 , other applicable NAA regulations and the CAE policy requirements as outlined in the ATO Operations manual requirements 

Must have received the 3 Day Competency Based Training & Assessment training (this may be waived with agreement of the CFI for the branch) 

The Chief Flight Instructor ~ Non-Ab Initio (Fixed Wing) shall have extensive experience in training MPA pilots for professional pilot licenses and/or associated ratings or certificates with experience of Multi Crew Cooperation

Hold or have held an EASA FCL SFE/TRE, CAA UK FCL SFE/TRE and other NAA approvals are required, examiner certificate

Strong experience delivering or managing instructor training at an ATO and/or AOC

Experience of regulatory requirements for all courses as stipulated on the ATO certificate

Strong experience of first-hand interaction with Regulatory Authorities

Extensive managerial experience and past experience providing customer service within an airline environment

Pro-active individual with ability to drive standards and quality across the team

Strong Excel, Word & Power-point skills

If this sounds like an interesting challenge for you, then we'd love to hear from you

**Please note, this role can be based out of Gatwick. Amsterdam or Madrid**

Travel: 33% with flexibility to work remotely at times

About us

With over 10,000 employees located in 35 countries, CAE is a global leader in training for the civil aviation, defence and security, and healthcare markets. To learn more: 

Position Type

CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.