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The City of San Angelo, Texas is competing to win the Air Force's contract for its Introductory Flight Training program. This contract will provide Air Force officers with ground and flight instruction prior to their entrance into the Undergraduate Flying Training program. Our primary goal is to provide America with the highest caliber pilot candidates. To do this, we need America's best instructor pilots.

Flight Instructor duties include instructing student pilots in flight procedures and techniques in ground school courses and flight training. Prepares lesson plans. Evaluates and monitors students performance. Identifies students who will not perform at the required level in USAF Undergraduate Flying Training. Instills military professionalism in students and serves as an exemplary example of a professional military aviator. Performs duties of Supervisor of Flying as assigned. Maintains additional professional qualifications identified by the IFT Program Manager. May have to pull mobile and sit duty desk. Perform other duties as required by the Squadron Commander.

Qualifications: Requires a bachelor's degree and 100 hours of Military Flight Instructor or FAA CFI time. Must have a CFI rating. Must have a current medical certificate. Must pass a background security check. The level of accomplishment shall include extensive experience in:

1. Preparing lesson plans, evaluating and monitoring flight-training students.
2. Managing safe flight training operations.
3. Ensuring compliance to all FAA regulations or military flight instruction program requirements.
4. Assisting in the scheduling of academic and flight training.
5. Performing duties of Flight Instructor.
6. Assisting as the operations supervisor at an active flight operations desk in a flying training unit.

Starting Salary: $55,000

San Angelo is located in the center of Texas. Surrounded by big skies, lakes, and open country, we have become one of the highest rated locales for raising a family, working and retirement.

San Angelo is the home of Goodfellow AFB, a joint Intel and Fire Fighter training facility. We also host Angelo State University, with twenty six academic departments and Masters degrees in many areas. The ASU Planetarium is the fourth largest planetarium in the nation among universities. The River Walk, near downtown, features beautiful gardens, a river plaza area, 14 water features, turn-of-the-century lighting, a River Stage, a four-mile jogging and walking trail, and a golf course.

San Angelo's weather provides year round outdoor activities. The summer offers boating, fishing, and water skiing at any of the three lakes that border the city limits. Children can enjoy any of the several recreation centers that are operated by the City of San Angelo, Boys and Girls Clubs, and the YMCA. Organized sports for children include baseball, basketball, football, softball, saddle club, soccer, and gymnastics. Fourteen public tennis court locations, two public swimming pools, two country clubs with golf, tennis, and swimming, and three additional public golf courses all provide outdoor recreation opportunities.

Fall and winter includes some of the best deer, turkey and quail hunting in Texas. For those that enjoy a sideline seat for their sports enjoyment, college football and basketball kick off in the fall and winter with Angelo State University. Local Pro sports include the Rodeo, a hockey team, a minor league baseball team, and the San Angelo Stampede, indoor arena football.
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[Flying Illini]

WOW! That makes me want to apply! Sounds like a beautiful local AND you are paid a decent wage for your work.

 

[MarineGrunt]

I think they either hit the number 5 twice on accident or they accidentally put another zero at the end!

Man, I wish I was in the position to apply!

 

[bobbysamd]

USAF Pilot Screening Program

It sounds like the City is competing for the old AF pilot screening program that was in Hondo, Texas. This job, actually, is to prepare these kids for solo and to wash out those who cannot cut it quickly. Equipment may very well include old T-41s (military 172s) but it could now be T-3 Fireflies. ERAU has operated a similar program for USAF cadets at the Academy, perhaps using Fireflies. It'll be all single-engine, VMC, primary training time.

You'll work with intelligent, motivated, prepared and, sometimes intense, students. You would have City benies; most government benies are usually generous, but times have changed and I would still ask. I, myself, would apply for the job if I were in the position.

 

[SkiHerkDrvr]

Bobby,
I'm not sure if this is old news, but I thought I heard that the Air Force parked the T-3s. Here's an excerpt from an old article:

"The Air Education and Training Command at Randolph AFB announced on 12 October 1999 that the T-3A Firefly would be dropped by the Air Force, after having been grounded for more than two years. In 1998 the Air Force intiated the privately run Introductory Flight Training which uses private flight schools to screen pilot candidates. The success of this program persuaded the Air Force to drop the T-3 from service. The T-3 fleet was grounded in July 1997, following an inexplicable engine failure in Colorado. Three instructors and three students were killed in crashes since the plane went into service in 1994. Two crashes were the result of pilot error, while a third occurred because of a stall condition from which the pilot was unable to recover. The predecessor T-41 had no fatal accidents in 30 years of flight, although the T-41 was incapable of performing the aerobatics and spins that were the hallmark of the T-3. The T-3's engine had failed 66 times at takeoff or landing, and the Air Force grounded 57 of the planes on 10 occasions due to problems with the engines, fuel systems and brakes."

 

[bobbysamd]

T-3A reinstatement

Bobby,
I'm not sure if this is old news, but I thought I heard that the Air Force parked the T-3s.

They might be back by now. I found your article; this article is somewhat later and implies the T-3s might be back:

Since suspension of the screening program in 1997, exhaustive studies of the Firefly problems have been conducted by USAF, AETC, and other field agencies. The Air Force announced in January that FAA supplemental-type certification has been obtained. Modifications to both the T-3A and the training syllabus have also been approved.

Pilot screening in the T-3A is expected to resume at the Air Force Academy and Hondo, Texas, when the program and aircraft changes are completed sometime after the year 2000.

In the interim, each of the remaining 110 Fireflys are expected to undergo 10 separate aircraft systems modifications at an estimated total cost of $6 million.

In any event, looks like a fun airplane to fly. And, the Pilot Screening Program might be a fun gig if all you want to do is work with motivated students and don't care that much about building multi time, etc.

 

[WizardPilot]

Bobby,
I'm not sure if this is old news, but I thought I heard that the Air Force parked the T-3s. Here's an excerpt from an old article:

"The Air Education and Training Command at Randolph AFB announced on 12 October 1999 that the T-3A Firefly would be dropped by the Air Force, after having been grounded for more than two years. In 1998 the Air Force intiated the privately run Introductory Flight Training which uses private flight schools to screen pilot candidates. The success of this program persuaded the Air Force to drop the T-3 from service. The T-3 fleet was grounded in July 1997, following an inexplicable engine failure in Colorado. Three instructors and three students were killed in crashes since the plane went into service in 1994. Two crashes were the result of pilot error, while a third occurred because of a stall condition from which the pilot was unable to recover. The predecessor T-41 had no fatal accidents in 30 years of flight, although the T-41 was incapable of performing the aerobatics and spins that were the hallmark of the T-3. The T-3's engine had failed 66 times at takeoff or landing, and the Air Force grounded 57 of the planes on 10 occasions due to problems with the engines, fuel systems and brakes."

The Academy had the T-3's and they dropped them and bought the Diamond Aircraft Katana. The retrofitted the main panel to be on the right side so the student could use the right hand for the stick, left on throttle, military styling. As far as I know I think they got the shipment of them in 2001-2002. But they do have Civilian Flight instructors doing the training.