Aviation Safety Inspector (AC - Flight Oversight), Principal Flight Oversight Inspector (POI)

Federal Aviation Administration • Honolulu, HI

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Principal Flight Oversight Inspector (POI) oversees safety assurance and performs certification, surveillance, compliance, enforcement, and inspection duties for assigned air carriers, airmen, and designees. The POI ensures assigned organizations comply with Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) in operations, cabin, ground, cargo, and dispatch programs, and establishes inspection and surveillance work programs.

The role applies advanced technical knowledge to promote regulatory compliance, identify hazards, and manage risk. As the principal representative for regulatory surveillance and risk management, the POI exercises full certificate authority over a major air carrier with extensive and complex operations, including large fleets of turbojet aircraft used for passenger and freight service. The position plans and carries out programs, projects, and studies; provides policy guidance to field-level Aviation Safety Inspectors on complex interpretations; and develops evaluation procedures when established precedents do not apply.

The POI analyzes program requirements, adjusts work as needed, and makes decisions that can affect aircraft operations and the safety of the flying public. The position maintains communication with air-carrier officials, accountable executives, management, other government agencies, and civil aviation authorities to address certification, aircraft modification, safety management, and regulatory compliance issues. The POI informs front-line management of program and project status, advises office management, and prepares and coordinates technical and priority correspondence for leadership, industry, government agencies, Congress, and the public. Other duties may be assigned.

This is a temporary position not to exceed two years; it may be extended, terminated, or made permanent without further competition. If it remains temporary, the selected employee returns to their original permanent position or an equivalent position in the same commuting area. The position is not virtual or remotely sited.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship.
• Selective Service registration for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Submit an SF-50.
• No more than two separate incidents involving 14 CFR violations in the past five years.
• Valid state driver's license.
• Fluency in English.
• No chemical dependency or drug abuse that could interfere with job performance.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Physically able to perform the duties safely and efficiently, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Good distant vision in each eye and ability to read printed material; glasses and contact lenses are permitted.
• Ability to hear conversational voice; hearing aids are permitted.
• No physical condition that would create a hazard or interfere with occupying a flight deck observer's seat or cabin passenger seat in various aircraft.
• At least one year of pilot experience in multiengine aircraft with a maximum certificated takeoff weight greater than 12,500 pounds.
• Three years of experience working for an organization with an air carrier, commercial operator, or air agency certificate; an organization whose work led to certification of individual airmen; or an organization that operated aircraft. At least one year must be with an organization operating multiengine aircraft or aircraft over 12,500 pounds maximum takeoff weight.
• At least 1,500 total flight hours.
• Valid Airline Transport Pilot Certificate.
• No more than two flying accidents in the past five years involving applicant pilot error.
• At least one year of experience equivalent to FV-I, FG/GS-13 as an Aviation Safety Inspector.
• Specialized experience monitoring and issuing certificates to a large, complex aviation organization, or to several organizations whose combined complexity is comparable to one large aviation organization.
• Meet qualification requirements by the vacancy announcement closing date.
• Selected applicants may be subject to a background investigation and satisfactory security requirements; a one-year probationary period may be required.
• The selected employee may need to file a financial disclosure statement within 30 days of entering duty and must comply with FAA restrictions on certain outside employment and aviation-related financial investments.
• Permanent federal employees selected for this temporary appointment must be willing to accept the temporary appointment.
• The Aviation Safety Inspector (Flight Oversight) position does not require a second-class medical certificate.
• Flight Oversight ASIs do not perform certification pilot-evaluating, testing, or checking functions as a required crew member or safety pilot, and will not act as a required crew member or safety pilot.

Responsibilities

• Oversee safety assurance and perform certification, surveillance, compliance, enforcement, and inspection duties for assigned air carriers, airmen, and designees.
• Ensure assigned organizations meet 14 CFR requirements for operations, cabin, ground, cargo, and dispatch programs.
• Establish inspection and surveillance work programs.
• Exercise certificate authority and conduct regulatory surveillance and risk management for a major air carrier with complex operations.
• Analyze operations involving large fleets of turbojet aircraft used in passenger and freight service.
• Plan, design, and carry out programs, projects, studies, and other work.
• Provide policy assistance to field-level Aviation Safety Inspectors on difficult or complex interpretations.
• Develop and implement evaluation procedures for problems without applicable precedents.
• Analyze program requirements and adjust work to address organizational needs and schedules.
• Maintain communication with air-carrier officials and other stakeholders to resolve certification, aircraft modification, safety management, and compliance issues.
• Inform front-line management of program and project status and ensure staff work is technically accurate, coordinated, and timely.
• Advise office management on assigned matters.
• Prepare and coordinate technical and priority correspondence for leadership, industry, government agencies, Congress, and the public.
• Perform other duties as required.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package available to the employee and family; specific benefits depend on position type and eligibility.
• Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) of 8.64%, subject to change.

What This Job Offers

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