FAA jobs-Aviation Safety Inspector
 

Anyone applied or is considering this position?
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
-1500 hrs
-CFI w/ instrument, multi
-Comm w/Instr. or ATP w/Instr.
-200 hrs. Instruction Given
-100 hrs in last 3 yrs.
... and few others.
Salary range $40k-$70k plus some additional $ depending on where the job is (cost of living).
How realistic is it that someone with those bare minimums would be considered or hired?
Does anyone know someone currently working for the FAA that could give FAA's profile of what the "right candidate" is?

You really need at least one of the following:

check airman 121/135
captain 121/135
chief pilot 141 school
dpe
or a similar military background.

That isn't isn't absolute, but typical of those that are hired. There has been a great deal of hiring lately, which will most likely continue, and may increase if funding is granted.

Typically candidates have been hired after three years of having first applied. This recently has been reduced to nine months, and again that is only typical.

Starting pay is typically GS-12, step one, which is around $70,000 +- $5,000 depending on location. These pay scales and locality increases are listed on the OPM website.

Yes I'm interested and yes I'm applying. For now just the 121 ACI positions but I am considering biting the bullet and getting my MEI so I can apply for the GA AI positions as well.

Having been in the "biz" since 1997, the FAA side of things is looking more and more like a really good way to bring home a paycheck.

Does anyone know of a way to see which FSDO's are actually hiring short of actually calling each one, one by one?

BTW, the deadline for this latest posting is Sept 30th and the application is lengthy, not something you can complete properly in just a couple hours on line. (my opinion)

I'm pretty sure that these types of jobs (since they are gov't/federal jobs) would be posted on USAJOBS.gov and/or the FAA's own website.

USMCFLYR

I've applied for these jobs in the past and the experience is that most times they are just looking for applications on the off chance they have funding to fill some positions. I've had friends on the inside who have verified this. Some will be filled but most won't. Even with someone inside recommending me it didn't help since the funding went away. Good luck to all trying.

USAJOBS lists the jobs by type and location. The FAA web also lists each job and location. Apply to either or both and see which one works best.
Good luck.

Is there an echo in here? :D

USMCFLYR

Are you guys sure?? I know that you used to be able to see the jobs by location. But within the last year, if you go to the FAA site for job openings, it redirects you straight to USAJobs which lists "locations throughout the nation" as the location for most of the jobs.

A couple of the specialty Inspector jobs list Washington DC or Dulles but all the rest just list that generic "locations throughout the nation" listing.

Doesn't exactly narrow it down.

Roger on the funding bit. When I spoke to one of the local inspectors this time last year, she indicated that her FSDO was under a hiring freeze until the next year's budget had been passed by Congress.

I would imagine that happens nearly every year at some point.

This doesn't surprise me. I know that the FAA advertises on USAJOBS.gov; so it looks they are basically using it as their site too.

If you are looking for a specific area - the site allows you to search either by series number (2181 for pilot) or by site (city, state) or agency (FAA).

You might not be seeing the exact job that you are looking for and those other jobs you mentioned are based out of HQ in DC, and the ones listing Nationwide might be available for you to choose your location (or at least have many different options).

I'm still learning the site myself; but I've been looking at the FAA too.

USMCFLYR

Btw - Monster.com also has quite a few PILOT jobs listed (over 1,200) and you can search by state (state: TX - for example)

USMCFLYR