AH64E Instructor Pilot

About the Role

GDC Middle East is seeking an AH64E Instructor Pilot to join their team in Riyadh. This full-time position requires over 10 years of experience and involves performing duties as an Instructor Pilot in the AH-64E aircraft and supporting simulation devices. The role focuses on conducting initial ATP integration, continuation training, and evaluation of employee and customer crewmembers in accordance with MNG-AVN Aircrew Training Manual (ATM) requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Train and evaluate Aviation pilots in the AH-64E aircraft in accordance with MNG-AVN ATM and specific unit ATP guidelines.
• Develop and manage an Aviation Aircrew Training Program based on customer guidance.
• Verify and confirm the currency and completeness of all required flight training publications.
• Conduct and evaluate individual readiness level progression tasks, including instrument flight tasks during day, night, night vision system (NVS), night vision goggle (NVG), and instrument flight rules (IFR).
• Prepare crew members through realistic mission training flight maneuvers under local environmental conditions, including dust landings and weather-specific desert training.
• Provide aircrew proficiency training in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) within and outside controlled airspace under Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and/or International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) flight rules.
• Attend meetings with customers as required.
• Recommend aviation instructor pilot appointments to customer leadership.
• Attend regularly scheduled Aviation Safety Council meetings as a member of the council.
• Attend and provide training and mission planning input to the weekly Production Control and Operations meeting.
• Provide direct interface and daily status reports between staff for training status, mission assignments, mission planning, and crew status.

Training and Evaluation Duties

• Conduct academic and hands-on performance training and administer evaluations to ensure aircrew proficiency and standardization of training.
• Maintain Individual Aircrew Training Folders (IATF) and complete required training, currency, and readiness entries.
• Conduct AH-64E and gunnery instruction in a classroom environment.
• Provide flight instruction in the aircraft and flight training devices, covering contact, basic instrument, and basic combat skills training to ATM standards in accordance with government-approved ATM.
• Instruction may include individual or group instruction in an academic classroom environment, aircraft, or simulator.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Over 10 years of experience.
• Attack helicopter experience in mission operations.
• Completion of an Instructor Pilot (IP) course of instruction at an authorized Aviation Proponent School.

Reporting Structure and Supervision

The Instructor Pilot reports to the Battalion Standardization Officer and operates within the policies and procedures of the contract. This role involves selecting and implementing goals and objectives within the execution of duties and responsibilities. The position reports directly to the assigned Standardization IP and supervises all assigned Instructor Pilots. This includes supervision of all flight training-related functions, such as daily flight training operations and endorsement of customer and additional instructor pilots or unit trainers.

Additional Duties

The Instructor Pilot will perform other duties as required by the Director of Brigade Flight Training (BFT).