Line Service Personnel
Organizes all aircraft movements in-and-out of the Hangar,
fuels and services the Aircraft.
Bird Scarer
Birds are a serious hazard to Aircraft. Bird Scarer’s
perform a vital job at Airports.
Airport Manager
Without a Manager, the Airport probably would not exist.
This person keeps the Airport viable.
Accountant
Federal Aviation Rules and Internal Revenue Tax Rules often
clash. An Aviation Accountant is worth his weight in Gold!
Aircraft Dispatcher
Fuel, hotels, rental cars, passenger manifests,
international clearances, handling, weather reports; the works. It is all in a
days work for a Dispatcher.
Aircraft Inspector
The structural integrity and serviceability of an Aircraft
must be closely inspected to ensure that the Aircraft remains safe to operate.
Inspectors perform this vital task.
Aviation Insurance Agent
An Aircraft is an extremely expensive piece of equipment to
own. Also the nature of flight can be inherently dangerous, and therefore
financial protection must be put in place for any eventuality; this is where
the Agent is very important.
Aviation Meteorologist
The sky is an ever changing environment that is potentially
hazardous to an Aircraft and its occupants. The Meteorologist produces the
predications and reports for dispatchers and pilots.
Aviation Doctor
Pilots must be in ‘tip-top’ condition to stay legal and safe
in the cockpit. An Aviation Doctor performs regular physical check-ups on all
pilots.
Aircraft Parts Manager
An Aircraft is a complex machine that has thousands of
individual parts all placed together to create a whole Aircraft. The Parts
Manager procures, sorts, categorizes, protects, stores and dispenses all of
these parts, when needed.
Aviation Financier
Most individuals, and a lot of companies do not have
liquidity in their financial holdings sufficient to pay for the purchase of an
Aircraft. This is where an Aviation Financier is extremely important, because
he arranges for the cash from a bank or individual investors to pay for the
aircraft on the buyers behalf, and then gets the money paid back over a long
period of time.
Cartographer
This person performs survey’s of the earth’s surface, and
then creates charts for pilots to navigate from. Aviation Charts have to be
up-dated constantly, so that aircraft don’t lose their way, or fly into an
obstruction.
Director of Aircraft Maintenance
An Aircraft has to be regularly serviced and inspected, both
on a calendar and hourly/cycle schedule. The Director of Maintenance is in
charge of the Aircraft to ensure that all of these required tasks are performed
on-time, and at the right interval.
Aircraft Engineer
This person can have many roles, or be very specialized. As
Aircraft are designed, built, and maintained, it is the Engineers job to make
sure that the original design concept is not compromised, and safety is
foremost in the continued operation of an Aircraft.
Computer Analyst
The operation, care, and feeding of an Aircraft generates a
massive amount of data. A computer analyst consolidates, tracks and analyzes
all of this information, so the right decision can be made.
Airport Fire/Rescue
The most hazardous times during flight, occur at the
Take-Off, and at the Landing. Airport Fire/Rescue personnel are there ready for
when things go wrong.
Certified Flight and Ground Instructor
Pilots must first learn to fly, and then after they have
progressed through their various Ratings, they must maintain their currency and
proficiency. This would not be possible without the vital work performed by
Flight and Ground Instructors. Often they teach pilots in a Simulator on the
ground, instead of up in the air.
Flight Attendant
Often these aviation professionals are maligned by the
general public. They are not on-board to merely serve refreshments; instead
they are there to ensure the safe and orderly evacuation of the Aircraft during
an emergency.
Avionics Technician
Anything electrical or computerized on an Aircraft, comes
under the care and expertise of an Avionics Technician. Virtually all modern
Aircraft are now fully digital and computerized.
Aviation Maintenance Technicians
These vital members of the aviation team, perform all of the
servicing and repair operations that are necessary on an Aircraft. They work
directly for the Director of Maintenance.
Technical Service Representative
All Aircraft, systems and components manufacturers employ
Technical Service Representatives to ensure that the equipment that they sell,
is understood, and operated properly and reliably. These individuals provide
the necessary interface between the user of the product and the manufacturer.
The Passenger
Unless the Aircraft is a single-seater that is designed for
utility or military operations; it is specifically designed to carry
Passengers. Many companies around the World use Business Aircraft to transport
their executives and operations people to meetings and appointments. A Business
Aircraft is much, much, more efficient than any of the Airlines.
The Designer
If the initial design concept was not conceived of and then
committed to paper, or onto a computer screen; no Aircraft would exist today.
We owe a great debt of gratitude to all Designers.
The Salesperson
Designers and Engineers are not Sales people. Once a design
is formulated, someone must sell the concept of its value and necessity for it
to be purchased. The Salesperson is who makes it all happen, by making a
product commercially viable in the eyes of it’s clients. Business and Aviation
would not function if there were no Sales people involved.
FAA Inspector
The U.S. Government controls Civil Aviation through it’s
agency, the: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA.) This agency employs
Inspectors to make sure that operators and certificate holders are all
complying with the law and are conducting safe air operations.
Air Traffic Controller
The FAA employs quick thinking, and highly alert people to
direct air traffic safely through the skies of this nation. This is a highly
stressful, but also a rewarding occupation.
Safety Officer/Auditor
Operating an Aircraft requires a complex organization that
involves many different people to make it all work. Sometimes when people get
busy, they might forget to follow all of the required steps to ensure that
their task is done safely. The Safety Officer/Auditor is there to monitor for
any possible breaches in safety, before they happen or cause an accident.
The Aviation Department Manager
All of the people on this page except for the FAA employees;
the passengers and the Aircraft/Flight Department Owner, all report to the
Aviation Department Manager, including the Pilot. ‘The Buck Stops Here’ with
this person.
The Owner
This is the ultimate boss. He or she that holds the money,
is the “head honcho” without whom, the Flight Department and all of it’s
associated jobs would not exist.
The Pilot
Look at all of the people that he relies on, to be able to
do his job.
