AH64E Instructor Pilot

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Train and evaluate aviation pilots under the US Army ATM and unit ATP guidelines; support development and execution of the aircrew training program.
• Verify required flight-training publications are current and complete.
• Conduct and evaluate readiness progression tasks, including instrument flight by day and night, NVS/NVG, and IFR.
• Prepare crews through realistic mission maneuvers under local conditions, including dust landings and desert-weather training.
• Provide IMC proficiency training inside and outside controlled airspace under FAA or ICAO flight rules.
• Attend customer meetings and contribute training and mission-planning input to weekly scheduling meetings.
• Recommend instructor-pilot and Pilot in Command appointments to customer leadership.
• Mentor standardization teams, including Master Gunner training, and support field exercises at tenant or offsite locations.
• May lead projects and write technical aviation documents in support of program goals.

Minimum qualifications

• Associate degree or higher is required as stated for visa requirements.
• Must have 1,000 hours qualified as a pilot in command.
• Graduate of an authorized AH-64 Instructor Pilot Course/Methods of Instruction course or pass an approved instructor-pilot equivalency evaluation.
• Must be qualified on the AH-64E series aircraft.
• Minimum 1,500 total flight hours, 500 instructor-pilot hours, and 250 NVS/NVG hours.
• FAA Commercial Pilot certificate required.
• Pass the FAA Class II Flight Physical upon hire and annually thereafter.

Preferred and recommended qualifications

• Master Gunner course qualification is preferred; battalion- or brigade-level Master Gunner experience is recommended.
• FAA Certified Flight Instructor certificate is recommended.

Employment eligibility

• The posting states that Saudi employment requires successful completion of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development Qualification Verification Program.