Supervisory Flight Engineer (instructor)

Air Reserve Technician (ART) Position

This is an Air Reserve Technician (ART) position. ARTs are part of the regular career civil service and enjoy all the benefits granted to Federal employees in the competitive civil service. Responsibilities include serving as a first level supervisor over subordinate C-130H Flight Engineers and as an aircrew member. Supervises, plans, directs, and manages operational and training matters pertaining to assigned C-130H Flight Engineers. In addition, performs aircrew duties as an instructor Flight Engineer in the unit assigned aircraft.

Responsibilities include:

• Supervises flight engineers operations and performs aircrew flight engineer instructor duties. Provide training, instruction, and evaluations that result in the initial flight qualification of all aircraft flight engineers; Conducts in-flight, classroom and on-the-job training of Reserve and ART flight engineers.
• Prepares lectures, demonstrates, plans, reviews and revises training plans and schedules. Advises organizational commander or staff agencies on status of flight engineer activities and adequacy of equipment. Develops and provides technical flight engineer upgrade and proficiency training and instruction to Reserve aircrew members and ART personnel.
• Performs aircrew visual inspection; non-scheduled aircraft maintenance; and preflight, through flight, and post flight inspections of aircraft away from home station. Maintains aircraft forms and records during flight and while aircraft is away from home station.
• Computes aircraft weight and balance to ensure specified limits are maintained. Determines engine fuel consumption using airspeed, atmospheric data, charts, computer, or electronic calculator. Assists pilot or performs engine starts, and monitors run-up, flight operations, and engine shutdown. Controls, monitors, and regulates aircraft systems.
• Performs duties as gunner, hoist operator, and cargo sling operator. Visually monitors aircraft clearances (interior and exterior), identifies proximal threats to the aircraft and initiates corrective actions (aircraft scanning). Organizes flight engineering standardization, qualification, and other requirements of flight engineer logs, reports, and records for accuracy, completeness, format, and compliance with current directives.
• Directs standardization of flight engineer performance in conjunction with aircraft performance engineering, engine conditioning, and preventive maintenance programs.

Requirements include:

• SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants will be rated in accordance with the FPM 930-71 Recruitment of Air Reserve Technicians through Competitive Examination (ART Agreement)-SUPPLEMENTAL QUALIFICATION POLICY.
• FLYING HOUR REQUIREMENTS: Must have been awarded or qualify for a CEA AFSC and hold a valid aviation service aeronautical order. Must be currently qualified as Instructor in MDS.
• KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Knowledge is mandatory of electrical, communication, navigation, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems applying to aircraft and related systems, flight theory, minor in-flight maintenance; personal equipment and oxygen use; aircraft emergency equipment; and using and interpreting diagrams, schematics, aircraft performance charts, loading charts, technical publications and flight manuals.

Other significant facts pertaining to this position include:

• This is an Air Reserve Technician (ART) position. The incumbent is required to meet and maintain Air Force Reserve requirements.
• Work schedule will be aligned to allow incumbent to fully participate in unit training assemblies.
• The incumbent's regular assignments are ART duties; however, the incumbent may be assigned some non-ART duties, generally not to exceed 30 percent of total responsibilities.
• Must attain and maintain mission-ready status at the appropriate crew qualification level in the unit's assigned aircraft.
• Periodically, as prescribed by regulations, must take and pass written and in-flight standardization evaluation examinations to include random no-notice evaluations.
• The incumbent is exposed to physiological hazards of flight. Additionally, is exposed to the extreme hazard of working around open doors in flight and the extreme hazards induced from operating aircraft in an actual or simulated tactical environment.
• Incumbent is also exposed to the physical and psychological demands of routine lengthy missions (up to 24 hours duration), must work in confined, hazardous noise areas, is subject to inclement weather during ground operations and dangerous environmental conditions during flight, and may operate in austere locations.
• May be required to maintain flight examiner qualifications and prior experience as a standard/evaluation flight examiner is a prerequisite for this position.
• Periodically, as prescribed by regulations, must take and pass written and in-flight standardization/evaluations to include random no-notice evaluations.
• This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position.

For additional information regarding ART positions and/or military qualifications, please call 1-800-257-1212.