Direct Entry Special Operations Captain

• High professional standards. Confident, competent, and independently diligent in your professional approach to flying, fostering an atmosphere of safety in all areas.
• Adventurous spirit. Enjoy spending time away from home, embracing the varied nature of your work and operating autonomously in a dynamic environment where plans may change at short notice.
• Self-motivated. Take ownership of your mission objectives, whilst developing your flying skills to embrace the challenges that DEA’s operational profiles represent.
• Team driven. An ability to foster an atmosphere of shared goals, objectives, and upkeep of morale.
• Resilient and flexible. Willing to operate in challenging environments, often at night and/or to shift patterns that vary, and to the limits of instrument ratings and procedures. 
• Growth mindset. Proactively seek opportunities to expand DEA’s business and foster shared progress and advancement. 
• Customer focussed. Solving issues as they arise and putting the customers’ needs at the heart of the operation.

Principle Accountabilities

• Act in the capacity of single-pilot commander on DEA’s DA42/62 aircraft fleet.
• Deliver a high standard of operation on a mixture of weekdays and weekends, including day/night flying as rostered 365 days/year.
• Maintain a professional flying standard and commitment to safe operations

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• A valid UK CAA CPL/ATPL or EASA CPL/ATPL.
• Hold, or within the last 3 years have held, a multi engine instrument rating single pilot, MEIR(SP). 
• 480hrs total flying time. 
• 250hrs PIC (not including PICUS or simulator time). Note, Co-pilot hours can be included toward this requirement at a factor of 0.5. E.g. A pilot with 400hrs co-pilot could contribute 200 hrs towards the PIC requirement. 
• 50hrs IFR flying time. Note, this should not be confused with instrument flying time, which is logged separately.
• Current Class 1 medical certificate. 
• ICAO LEVEL 5 proficiency or higher in the English Language. 
• Able to live and work in the UK and/or the EU.
• Willing to work away from home for extended periods (up to 3-5 weeks at a time).
• Have not been invited to an assessment with DEA in the last 6 months. 
• The ability to obtain a Basic Disclosure certificate via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) (or equivalent in your country) with respect to any “unspent” criminal convictions.

• Hold, or have held a security clearance allowing you access to information classified as EU Confidential or NATO Secret.
• Have not had a permanent address in more than one country in the past 5 years.
• Dual UK/EU passport holder.
• Dual UK CAA/EASA CPL/ATPL holder.
• Previous DA42/62 or King Air experience. 
• Foreign language ability.