Description
The primary duty of the Flight Coordinator is to prepare trip itineraries for flight crews, while coordinating all the necessary logistics that are associated with a trip. The coordinator must have a strong knowledge of aircraft scheduling parameters, including (but not limited to) the differing aircraft ranges if more than one type of aircraft, time zones changes, crew duty and rest limitation, airport slot programs, over flight and landing permit requirements, curfews, over-flight exemptions, Mexican landing permits, general declarations and so on. Ensuring timely and accurate schedule communication to crew-members and maintenance technicians.
Requirements
Job Duties:
Monitors the status of all planned flights and flights in progress from the point of origin to final destination (flight following)
Ensures all ground handling, deicing, fuel, landing/departure slots, and landing/overfly permits are in order before releasing a flight
Identifies, anticipates and takes corrective action to minimize actual/potential delays due to scheduling operations, crew legality, and maintenance issues
Requirements:
Basic high school diploma
Preferred 5 years of experience in corporate flight operations
Must have ability to work flexible schedule, this includes evenings, weekends and holidays
Work in the fast paced 24/7, environment of business aviation requiring non-standard work hours and on-call response.
Strong organizational skills – detail-oriented, ability to prioritize and be proactive
Ability to work under pressure with minimal supervision
Flexible, able to deal with change
Strong attention to detail
Able to deal with people sensitively, tactfully, diplomatically, and professionally at all times
Advises appropriate personnel of potential/actual delays and conditions affecting safety of flight
Responsible for crew logistics arranging/coordinating crew ground transportation and hotel accommodations, as well as commercial airline arrangements
Review, prepare and submit post-flight expense reports
Responsible for passenger logistics; ensuring that passengers’ ground transportation contact information is available to flight crews for each leg
FBO selection and database upkeep, coordinate catering requirements and other passenger requirements
All duties as required to ensure that flights are authorized and dispatched as per Worldwide Jet policy, regulatory requirements, and client requests
Safe, efficient and regulatory compliant practices
Responsible for quoting all incoming client charter requests