Flight Instructor (Helicopter)

Flight Instructor (Helicopter)

Join our team of professional instructor pilots and share your aviation knowledge and skill in supporting the U.S. Army's helicopter pilot training and our Nation's defense. Our instructors provide foundationally important training following a highly structured curriculum. Fly with a purpose in state of the art aircraft, working in a safety focused environment.

Our instructors have trained and educated more than 1200 students per year. Providing classroom academic instruction and hands on flight training to nearly 500 students per day, our instructor skill and experience is without equal. Our aviation experts instill student pilots with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to fly and survive in today's complex aviation environment. Serving the aviation education needs of the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force, and many Allied partner Nations, our team has earned its reputation as a world class aviation education organization.

Instructors teach, coach, and mentor student pilots through intensive training designed to prepare them for their future roles as military aviators. Despite flight training's inherent risk, safety remains paramount in every aspect of our culture. Boasting an unprecedented safety record with more than 2.5 million hours of flight instruction, RWFTC instructors conduct flight instruction in an area encompassing more than 40,000 square miles within the National Airspace System.

Minimum Pilot Qualifications

Must possess an ICAO equivalent or FAA commercial pilot certificate and an ICAO equivalent or FAA flight instructor certificate with rotorcraft category, helicopter class and instrument helicopter ratings on both certificates, or be a graduate of any DOD rotary wing instructor pilot course for rotary wing aircraft.

Total Flight Time - 1500 hours. Flight time as pilot-in-command or second-in-command (per FAR 61.51); as Pilot in Command (PIC) or Pilot (PI) (Per AR 95-1) in aircraft of any weight or category is creditable for this requirement.

Must certify having a combination of 100 hours of hooded instrument, flight simulator instrument, or weather pilot time.

Must have instructed students in instrument flight training.

Night Flying - 75 hours.

Instructor Time - 500 hours.

Must have a current FAA Second Class Medical Certificate prior to beginning training.

Basic Warfighter Skills Applicants - must be certified Night Vision Goggle (NVG) qualified and having 200 hours of NVG time.

IMPORTANT: Applicants are subject to Government approval and terms of a 12 month Employment Agreement.

Military aviation experience is not required.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, ancestry, United States military or veteran status, color, religion, creed, marital or domestic partner status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, citizenship status, low-income status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.