International Flight Clearance Coordinator

Kalitta Air, LLC • Ypsilanti Charter Township, MI

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Accepts flight requirements from management/sales, coordinates with internal departments, obtains necessary rights and permits, ensures flight routing and permit reliability, and presents a complete trip package to flight following for use in managing the actual flight/series of flights.

Requirements

• Good working knowledge of world geography, air cargo, and aircraft ground operations.
• Exceptional attention to detail and abstract problem solving capabilities.
• Ability to read, write and understand spoken and written English.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to give verbal and written direction to assigned staff.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
• Ability to convert between different units of measure.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentage.
• Regularly required to sit and talk or hear.
• Frequently required to use a computer terminal, telephone and l0-key calculator.
• Required to stand, walk, and climb/descend stairs.

Nice To Haves

• Some college and/or technical school desirable.
• Experience in a flight dispatch center helpful.
• FAA Dispatcher’s license desirable, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates routing and submits necessary applications for necessary operating rights, overflight permits, and landing permits.
• Coordinates with approved vendors to obtain necessary clearances as required.
• Ensures international clearances required to operate scheduled and charter operations are obtained in a timely manner.
• Prepares a complete “trip package” for use by flight following in managing scheduled and charter operations.
• Confirms proposed routing and scheduled times for operational correctness
• Considers the impact of current events and global political issues on current operations
• May be required to cover Operations Assistant Duties
• Additional Duties as required by the Manager of International Flight Clearance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED