Salary Range:         $59.28/hour

Basic Function

This is skilled work in piloting an aircraft which is owned, leased, or rented by the Office of Attorney General (OAG).

An employee in this position acts as pilot-in-command on an OAG aircraft in the conduct of OAG business and in support of the OAG’s law enforcement mission. Work involves the operation of the aircraft and the use of flight navigations and communications instruments and equipment. The Flight Officer is tasked with gathering preflight data, weather, departure and arrival times, routes, and aircraft data including a preflight inspection. Important aspects of the position are the professional demeanor displayed in operating the aircraft as well as the personal conduct of the employee in dealing with passengers. Work is assigned in the form of general instructions and reviewed by the chief pilot for adherence to established safety standards and protocols and the assurance of passenger comfort.

Examples Of Duties

• Directs the operation of radio, navigational, and other flight instrumentation and manual equipment

• Plans routes to be taken based on weather conditions, destination, terrain, time limits, and safety requirements

• Conducts preflight inspections of aircraft ensuring that all equipment is operational, adequate fuel is aboard, and all necessary aircraft documents and charts required for the flight are aboard

• Assists in aircraft maintenance

• Maintains flight logs on aircraft departure and arrival times and a personal log on hours of flight time accumulated

• Performs related work

Minimum Experience and Training

• 500 hours of flight experience as a licensed pilot OR

• An equivalent combination of experience and training

• Fixed Wing Pilot Rating

• Possession of a Second-Class Medical Certificate as issued by the Federal Aviation Administration

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Experience in fixed-wing law enforcement operations 

• Experience in rotary-wing law enforcement operations

• Experience operating WESCAM and/or FLIR camera systems or an equivalent

• Experience operating Shot Over and/or Churchill Augmented Reality System (ARS)

• Experience operating Technisonic TDFM-9300 police radio or an equivalent

• Experience operating tactical down-link broadcast and receive equipment to include portable receive sites

• Proficient in air to ground communications