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Aviation Safety Inspector, POI - FLIGHT (PRINCIPAL OPERATIONS INSPECTOR - FLIGHT PROGRAM)
Federal Aviation Administration · Posted 7 days ago
Hybrid Tutuila Island, AS $91K – $118K Apply by Jul 9, 2026 Aviation Safety ISTJ OperationsEducation
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The Principal Operations Inspector (POI) is responsible for applying knowledge of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) for the development and implementation of standards, programs, and procedures for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) field personnel and the public governing all matters to general aviation operations safety issues.
What You'll Do
- →The POI receives administrative direction from management in terms of broadly defined missions or functions.
- →The POI, mostly independently plans, designs, and carries out programs, projects, studies, or other work.
- →The APO provides policy assistance to field level Aviation Safety Inspectors (ASIs) on difficult or complex policy interpretations.
- →The work is normally accepted without change.
- →Completed work may be reviewed for adherence to FAA policy and for assurance that project requirements have been fulfilled.
- →ASIs at the FG-13 level issue certificates to and monitor (1) a large and complex aviation organization or (2) a number of smaller organizations that, together, are comparable in complexity to one large one.
- →They are the primary contact point with the aviation organization(s).
- →They may decide on issuance of the original certificates.
- →They evaluate and decide upon proposals to change the authorized programs of the organizations.
- →They continuously monitor the activities of organizations to determine whether they are following their authorized program, Federal regulations, and good safety practices.
- →(By comparison, GS-12 employees issue certificates to small and uncomplicated organizations.) FG-13 assignments are characterized by one or more of the following: 1.
- →Multiengine turboprop, turbojet, or rotorcraft helicopter aircraft; 2.
- →A variety of flight operations with diverse types of aircraft which may include turbine powered aircraft and unmanned aircraft; or 3.
- →Novel and complex aviation operations.
Requirements
- ✓We are not accepting applications from noncitizens.
Personality Fit
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