Airline Jobs Updated 12/1/24
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Welcome to the North American Flight Control (NAFC) jobs page. Here, you can find different job opportunities at airlines around the United States. We have posted additional sections for crew scheduling and operations management opportunities as well!
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Flight Dispatch Compensation
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Airline Dispatch Jobs
OCC Intern- Endeavor Air
Responsibilities
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- Assist with the IOSA audit by learning our manual system, importing information, and articulating findings.
- Audit NOTAM’s in Sabre Audit Routings in Sabre, Endeavor’s flight planning software (NOTAM stands for Notice to Airmen, which contains information essential to personnel concerned with flight operation.
- Update and maintain AVTEC phone directory (Endeavor’s telephone and radio hub).
- Assist Manager with reports and pulling information, such as 3+ hour delays.
- Communicating to Flight Control operations with issues such as Air Start INOP (out of service equipment) or airport now requiring an alternate.
- Update and maintain Phone Directory in Sabre as well as the AVTEC Phone Directory to keep them in sync.
- Report software and equipment issues to open tickets with the Delta Help Desk and monitor Bridge Lines as necessary.
- Update the OCC EFB’s (electronic flight bags) as required.
Dispatch Instructor- North American Flight Control
Responsibilities
Our team at North American Flight Control is hiring!
Position Overview:
We're adding another part-time flight dispatch instructor (20 hours or less per week) to our team. Our instructors are key to our students' success and we're looking for someone who enjoys teaching and sharing their passion for aviation with our customers.
Who We're Looking For:
The successful candidate can expect 120 hours of training before teaching on their own. Our training program includes covering the course material, observing instructors teaching live content to a class and then ultimately, the new instructor teaching in front of a class while being observed.
Who is the right candidate for this opportunity? Someone who enjoys teaching and sharing their passion for aviation with our customers. Are you already retired but miss being involved with aviation but don't want the commitment of working shifts? This may be a nice opportunity for you!
What We're Offering:
Compensation: $33/Hour (Compensation is $15/Hour while in training). If interested, please DM me to discuss and please have your resume ready.
Requirements:
-Currently Hold an FAA Aircraft Dispatcher Certificate
-Have between 1-3 years minimum of Part 121 Aircraft Dispatch Experience
Be an understanding teacher/leader, students will look to you for guidance
Preferred:
-Flight Dispatch Supervisory Experience
-Airline Operations experience
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Flight Dispatcher - Emirates Airlines
Responsibilities
- Analyze and determine routes and flight altitudes for each Emirates flight, based on economical (such as Overflight Permission charges), meteorological, safety, legal and communication requirements. This includes, analyzing and negotiating 'User Preferred Routes' on a tactical basis with the relevant Air Traffic Control (ATC) organizations. Calculate and manage fuel requirements for each Emirates flight, based on economical, meteorological and safety standards.
- Ensure selection of take-off- destination- enroute- fuel- and Extended Twin Operations (ETOPS) alternate airports for each Emirates flight as per legal and company requirements. Conduct ETOPS diversion and ETP strategy analysis for each ETOPS flight as per air law and company requirements.
- Collate and sign the Flight Release as per legal and company requirements for each Emirates flight. Prepare and file ATC flight plan for each Emirates flight and ensure that Flight Release, Computer Flight Plan and all briefing documentation is provided to the operating crew in time for briefing at Dubai and all outstations.
- Manage and avoid potential delays by negotiating airport and airway slots with the respective government agencies worldwide.
- Monitor flights until safe touchdown and ensure that these remain inside a safe envelope in regards to weather, technical problems, airport availability, traffic flow and security threats.
Flight Follower - Contour Airlines
Responsibilities
- Responsible for supporting the flight crewmembers with operational control of flights and jointly responsible for the preflight planning and delay of flights in compliance with Federal Regulations and Contour Operations Specifications
- Work closely with other divisions within System Operations Control to ensure that flight crew members maintain the Company's mission of safety above all.
- Plans flights considering the effects of enroute winds and weather, balancing safety, and economy.
- Determines the minimum fuel supply necessary for the safe completion of the flight including any required alternate airports.
- Provides pilot-in-command with preflight briefing including aircraft and flight status as well as providing all current reports or information on airport conditions and irregularities of navigation facilities and all available weather reports and forecasts for weather phenomena that may affect the safety of the flight.
- Monitors the progress of each flight.
- Issues necessary information for the safety of the flight
- Cancels a flight if the flight cannot operate or continue to operate safely as planned or released.
- Responsible for rerouting or redirecting a flight based on economic considerations. This may include special routings, passenger convenience, and aircraft/flight crewmember utilization.
- Recommends flight plan alternatives.
Dispatcher - ABX Air
Responsibilities
- The Dispatcher will be responsible for domestic and international flight release preparation; weather observations; prepare weather briefings; determine and order fuel; calculate payload; in-flight monitoring and debrief each flight; ensure all flights assigned are prepared; advise of any operational problems pertaining to assigned flights; communicate and coordinate deviations to plan with System Control, Maintenance Control and crews; coordinate operations with Airport Management, customers, and handlers; able work variable schedule to include 1st, 2nd or 3rd shift, with variable days off during the week.
Flight Follower -Kalitta Charters II
Responsibilities
- Perform logistics function for the company. Logistics background preferred. Coordinate movement of aircraft.
- Communicate verbally over the phone and e-mail based communications
- Communicate with clients and quote trips based on crew and aircraft availability while complying with pricing
- Communicate with clients, flight crews, and maintenance to ensure on-time routing
- Locate air and ground-based assets given certain time constraints to manage a client’s logistics schedule
- Enter and track trips in Avianis, a flight following software
- Handle all transportation and accommodations for all flights (air ambulance, cargo, and passenger)
- Coordinate customs, international permits, ground handling, and maintenance constraints as well as obtaining landing permits, overflight permits from foreign governments in a timely fashion
- Maintain dispatch reports, aircraft records, and files which have government-restricted access
Flight Controller - Tropic Ocean Airways
Responsibilities
- Schedule flight crew to ensure adherence with company and FAA regulations regarding currency and flight/duty limitations.
- Schedule all aircraft for charter, scheduled service and maintenance.
- Monitor the progress for each flight.
- Stay informed of current weather conditions and associated rescheduling needs.
- Keep appropriate company personnel advised of flight progress as required.
- Remain current on available resources and training to facilitate an effective scheduling operation.
- Work closely with maintenance, guest experience, and VIP departments.
- Ability to work evenings, weekends, and holidays in situations of unexpected scheduling events such as weather or maintenance issues.
Flight Dispatcher - GoJet Airlines
Responsibilities
- Monitor the progress of flights. Remain constantly aware of location and status of all company aircraft
- Issue necessary information for the safety of the flight
- Cancel or amend (121) flights if, in the opinion of the Dispatcher or Pilot-in-Command, the flight cannot operate or continue to operate safely as planned and released
- Monitor the weather along flight routes, and dispatch aircraft and crews
- Will be knowledgeable of applicable CFRs, company policy and procedures, aircraft performance, limitations and characteristics which pertain to operational control of all Trans States aircraft
- Orchestrate irregular operations such as over-fly, divert repositions and/or maintenance ferry flight with Maintenance Control, Crew Scheduling and affected stations
Flight Follower - Western Global
Responsibilities
- Update and maintain flight schedule database
- Monitors each flight with respect to the following:
- Departure of the flight from the place or origin and arrival at the place or destination, including intermediate stops and any diversions from the intended flight and/or route to be flown.
- Maintenance and mechanical delays encountered at places of origin, destination, and intermediate stops.
- Any known conditions that may adversely affect the safety of flight.
- Responsible for ensuring that the required data, as defined in WGA’s approved/accepted manuals, is prepared and provided to crewmembers prior to departure. This includes, but is not limited to, the required weather reports, NOTAMS, weight and balance, airport analysis, etc.
- Responsible, in conjunction with the Pilot in Command, for the preparation and issuance of the flight release in accordance with WGA’s approved/accepted, as applicable, procedures under 14 CFR Part 121.
- Monitor the progress of the flight, weather conditions, destination and alternate airport status and ascertain when deviations from planned flight are necessary. If a deviation is required, initiate contact with aircraft.
- Ensures flight crewmembers are briefed on the status of the aircraft with regards to mechanical discrepancies/irregularities, MEL/CDL deferrals, and any other items that may affect the intended flight prior to the release of the flight and during all flight operations.
- Reports and records all irregularities encountered that involve mechanical, operational, safety, or emergency situations that could affect the intended flight.
Airline Crew Scheduling Jobs
Crew Scheduling Specific Jobs
Crew scheduling plays an important role within an airline control center! Crew schedulers are integral to the airlines daily successes by sourcing crewmembers as irregularities impact the daily operation.
Crew Services Coordinator- Endeavor Airlines
- Ensure efficient utilization of pilots and flight attendants as well as day-to-day tracking of their attendance.
- Be a resource for crewmembers.
- Communicate schedule changes to crewmembers in a timely manner.
- Ensure all crewmember assignments are in accordance with FAA mandated regulations and company policies.
- Maintain the integrity of the flight schedule by ensuring all segments have been assigned to a legal crew.
- Resolve flight crew legality problems and rest requirements based on appropriate regulatory and contractual requirements.
- Maintain changes to flight crew schedules initiated by dispatch.
- Process trip swaps, trip drops, absence calls, and other daily schedule modifications.
- Ensure crewmember hotels are reserved and deadhead/ground transportation passes are provided when required.
- Coordinate cancels and reposition flights with dispatch.
Crew Scheduler- GoJet Airlines
- Creating and modifying pilot and flight attendant schedules in compliance with all applicable FAA regulations and contractual obligations
- Ensuring all crew members are notified of any schedule changes
- Paying close attention to the current state of flight operations, especially during periods of inclement weather or other circumstances that may result in delays, and/or flight cancellations.
- On occasion, circumstances can cause disruption of the normal operation, which requires a great ability to make and execute decisions under intense deadline pressure.
- In addition, the job requires constant interaction with crew members. An ideal candidate will possess the emotional maturity to not be swayed or intimidated into making exceptions or applying rules inconsistently.
Crew Scheduler - Pilot
Looking for a fast-paced job with great benefits? As a Crew Scheduler you will work in a fast-paced environment full of variety that also requires critical thinking and multi-tasking skills. The result is a rewarding opportunity to learn many different facets of the SkyWest operation.
As a Crew Scheduler, you'll also enjoy:
- Four 10-hour shifts (3 consecutive days off) or Four 11-hour shifts (3 consecutive days off with an extra day off every other week)
- Shift trade flexibility
- Robust training program
- Great team atmosphere
- Rewarding work
- Numerous growth opportunities
- $16.50 per hour starting pay with the ability to increase to $19.00 after the first 6 months
Airline Operations Management Jobs
Ops Management Specific Jobs
Looking to beef up your resume with a leadership or Operations Management opportunities? Check out these jobs!
IOCC Duty Manager- Breeze Airways
Responsibilities
- Develop and activate operating plans for the IOCC, with consideration of recommendations from representatives of the Station Operations, Tech Ops, Dispatch, Maintenance Planning, and other relevant departments.
- Coordinate and communicate the daily operating plan to all responsible
- Utilize operational knowledge to evaluate risks to daily operations of a 25+ aircraft fleet.
- Action plans to mitigate Irregular Operations (IROPs) up to and including flight cancellations.
- Communicate delays, cancellations, system challenges, and log significant events for later review.
- Escalate developing problem within the network to upper management
- Assist Senior Manager, IOCC with command-and-control of day-to-day operations.
- Monitor daily performance of the airline’s operation.
- Act as a Subject Matter Expert for System Control and Airline Operations functions for other departments as needed.
Senior Manager of SOC Operations- Frontier Airlines
Responsibilities
- Ensure that all Frontier flight operations are conducted in a safe manner, compliant with all applicable FARS, contractual obligations and company procedures.
- Assist Sr. Director, System Operations Control with command-and-control of day-to-day operations.
- Monitor all flight and operational activity, coordinating and implementing recovery plans as necessary. Manage irregular operations strategic planning and communications.
- Examines and recommends changes to improve the quality and efficiency of the operation. Creates, communicates and executes operational plans aimed at preventing disruptions.
- Manage revenue-based decisions, including cancellations, downgrades and significant delays which result in passenger disruption.
- Monitor daily performance. Facilitate briefings and communication for senior management and all operational groups, advising of significant problems/issues jeopardizing operational efficiency. Acts as liaison to senior management regarding day-to-day operations.
- Provide effective leadership within SOC, promoting all corporate and operational objectives.
- Responsible for supervising SOC managers, insuring the proper execution of their assigned duties.
OCC Coordinator - Global Crossing Airlines
Responsibilities
- Assisting dispatchers on duty with maintaining operational control, TSA vetting, and the transmission of passenger flight manifests, including the generation of GENDECS.
- Relaying ground handling requests and operational schedules to downline stations and updating them on flight status.
- Coordinating flight information and delays with office staff and stations using the company's RAIDO/NOC system.
- Reviewing and reconfirming all details for the next day's ground handling, catering, and special services.
- Following up with stations on any irregularities or service failures.
- Updating departure/arrival information in RAIDO.
- Assisting flight dispatchers in disseminating flight-critical information (diversions, emergencies, etc.) to all internal departments through the RED FLAG reporting system.
- Notifying all internal departments and involved stations of flight delay information.
- Securing Miami gate and ramp parking assignments with the assistance of the local ground handling team.
- Coordinating fueling with local vendors for departures out of Miami.
- Assisting in coordinating aircraft movement/placement at the home base.
- Reporting all ferry flights departing MIA daily to Miami-Dade County Ramp Control.
- Making all applicable manifest changes for non-terminal operations for future flights by email and forwarding the corrected manifest to the assigned GSC, Ground Handler, and Passenger Services.
Part 135 Job Opportunities
Part 135/91 Job Opportunities
We're excited to also share Part 135 job opportunities! Under Part 135, based on federal regulations you won't be utilizing your aircraft dispatcher certificate, however many Part 135 operators desire candidates that do have a FAA Aircraft Dispatcher Certificate.
Flight Controller -Managed Fleet - Air Share
- Exercise Operational Control of all flight activity; ensure that all appropriate Company and regulatory requirements are met for each flight before trip authorization
- Ensure the safety and legality of each flight operated on an Airshare aircraft
- Ensure all required customs, immigration, international handling requirements, or foreign government regulations and requirements are met for every flight segment
- Responsible for the accurate and timely Flight Locating for the Managed fleet and the efficient dissemination of such information to Client Services, Crew Scheduling, Revenue Management, Maintenance, and all other interested parties
- Responsible for obtaining, monitoring, tracking, and disseminating any operational restrictions to daily operations including, but not limited to NOTAMs, TFRs, noise restrictions, FBO hours of operation, and airport capabilities
- Responsible for proactively monitoring weather and air traffic control status and any other possible schedule interruption to, Scheduling, Sales, Revenue Management, Maintenance Control, and all other interested parties, as necessary.
- Ensure all crew members and trips are scheduled in accordance with the FARs, Airshare Flight Control Operations Manual, Flight Operations Manual, department guidelines, and Company policies and procedures
- Coordinate daily flight schedule to ensure each segment meets all company and FAR requirements including but not limited to crew currency, crew qualifications, crew duty requirements, aircraft airworthiness, and that all weather requirements are met
Flight Control Specialist- Air Share
- Verify all Airshare flights meet FAR Part 135/91K regulations for Crew, Aircraft, and Trip as scheduled
- Efficiently build the flight schedule and assign Crew
- Flight locate all Airshare flight activity
- Release flights and brief Crews of flight activity
- Schedule Crew duty assignments to best support Airshare operations
- Assist Crew in all logistical needs as it pertains to the flight schedule
- Assign Crew relocations and position travels
Flight Dispatch/Corporate Aviation Dept- Walmart
- Model compliance with company policies and procedures and support the company mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by incorporating these into your daily work.
- Work closely with scheduling, maintenance, crew, and aviation leadership to plan all facets of aviation trips, including aircraft selection, airport selection, lodging, and transportation needs of crews and passengers, aircraft weight and balance, fuel loads, and fuel pricing.
- Arrange ground handling services, airport slots, and fueling plans for all flights as required by company policies and procedures.
- Prepare international and domestic flight packages, including operational flight plans, weather briefings and charts, NOTAMs, performance data, ETOPS, and any other documentation relevant to flight operations. Identify and mitigate any potential flight hazards as far in advance as possible.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of applicable aviation-related laws, regulations, company standard operating procedures, and industry best practices and ensures that all operations are operated in accordance with requirements.
- Conduct operational risk analyses in response to scheduling requests by proactively monitoring weather conditions and forecasts. Reviews data to assess flight crew fatigue. Assess destination airport complexity and terrain. Evaluate equipment needs based on crew, passengers, and fuel requirements. Monitor compliance with local, state, and federal aviation regulations.
- Handle changes to flight plans by coordinating irregular operations. Provide emergency response support. Exercise authority over initiating, conducting, or terminating flight operations through after-hours rotational coverage. Provide operational guidance and subject-matter expertise for non-scheduled maintenance events (for example, aircraft on the ground).
- Review and evaluate daily operational changes to ensure flight crew and aircraft can safely complete missions. Ensure quality customer travel experiences in a dynamic operating environment.
- Make decisions to change equipment, crews, and destination airports based on analysis results. Escalate high-priority changes to a manager for approval. Brief assigned flight crew on anticipated or actual changes to flights.
Aviation Operations Specialist- Charter Airlines LLC
- Support Flight Operations leadership by developing and coordinating procedures across various channels including:
- Crew Hotel Bookings
- Flight Line Briefings
- Chief Pilot Updates
- Perform full Risk Assessment and review of technical feasibility
- Checks performance to advise on limitations and suggest alternatives if applicable
- Checks NOTAMs
- Checks availability of FBO/Handling services
- Checks Customs availability
- Check for Permit/Slot/PPR requirements
- Assess initial fleet availability
- Airport Ops Hours
- PCN vs CAN (runway and ramp weight baring capacity)
- Review Crew Document requirements (visa, passport, etc.)
- Perform initial 10 in 24 check & advise on duty limitations
- Communicate flight limitations and suggest alternatives
- Respond to Sales and Clients' inquiries regarding Weather, Performance, etc.
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