Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines

Flight Ops Flight Instructor - HDQ

Dallas, Texas, United States of America

No sponsorshipDetected 74 days ago
CommunicationCollaborationMicrosoft Office

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Sponsors this role42
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds40
Fits your clock70

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Green-card filing pattern in this occupation

Context, not a finding about this posting: of this employer's 21 green-card filings in this occupation, 100% were for a worker who already held the job.

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Southwest Airlines Co. obtained a prevailing wage determination for Software Developers in Dallas, TEXAS on 2026-06-10. No matching green-card filing appears in our data yet. The determination expires in 1 day (2026-09-07), and a green-card filing must follow before then or the employer starts over.

Green-card follow-through: 55%

Of 20 labor certifications old enough to have been used, 9 expired without the employer filing the next step. Median time from filing to decision: 519 days.100% of their filings were for a worker who already held the job.Only certifications past the 180-day window are counted — recent ones cannot have expired yet.

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About the role

  • Connecting People to what's important in their lives through friendly, reliable, and low-cost air travel.
  • This role conducts training in the classroom and in simulators to ensure Pilots have the knowledge and hands-on experience to provide our Customers with a safe and reliable flight.
  • The Flight Operations Flight Instructor has great interpersonal and communication skills which help them facilitate proper flight instructions.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and create instructional and evaluation media/materials for support of training programs
  • Maintain course material and procedural integrity through self-study, skills practice, critique review, and instructor meetings
  • May perform other job duties as directed by Employee's Leaders
  • Ability to read technical aircraft documents, follow technical instructions, learn and understand new technical concepts and prepare written technical documents that will convey information or guidance to others in an understandable manner

Requirements

  • Required: High School Diploma or GED
  • Required: Flying experience operating an aircraft
  • Required: USA DOT/FAA Unrestricted Airline Transport Pilot Certificate.
  • Required: Paper or electronic logbook with at least the last 500 hours of flight time recorded
  • Required: Must possess a valid United States Driver's License
  • Required: Must meet all regulatory criteria to obtain and maintain Flight Deck Jumpseat Access
  • Must be able to participate in the FAR directed Line Observation Program and be able to enter and exit the aircraft under normal and emergency conditions
  • Must be able to enter and exit the flight simulator, cabin simulator or mock-up, briefing rooms under normal and emergency conditions
  • Must be able to sit in the simulator uninterrupted for up to 4 hours
  • Ability to accomplish accurate work under tight time constraints while maintaining a high degree of flexibility

Skills

  • Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Compensation

  • Ability to pass annual flight evaluation

Benefits

  • Southwest will help fund your Retirement Savings Plan, which includes a dollar for-dollar 401(k) Company match contribution up to 10% of your eligible earnings**
  • Potential for annual profit-sharing contribution in the Southwest Retirement Savings Plan-when Southwest profits, you profit***
  • Competitive health insurance for you and your eligible dependents
  • Southwest offers health plan coverage options that start from the first day of employment.
  • You'll have 30 days to select and enroll in your health plan, and coverage will be retroactively available to your first day of employment.
  • https://careers.southwestair.com/benefits
  • 401(k) Company match contributions are subject to the plan's vesting schedule.
  • Profit-sharing contributions are subject to the Retirement Savings Plan vesting schedule and are made at the discretion of the Company.
  • Facilitate pilot learning

Company info

  • Flight Operations
  • Our Company Promise
  • We are committed to provide our Employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth.
  • Creativity and innovation are encouraged for improving the effectiveness of Southwest Airlines.
  • Above all, Employees will be provided the same concern, respect, and caring attitude within the organization that they are expected to share externally with every Southwest Customer.
  • Prepare and conduct classroom and simulator training in accordance with FARs, Training Policies / Manuals, and Company requirements.

Equal opportunity

  • Equal Opportunity Employer.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • U.S. citizenship or current authorization to work in the U.S. required and no current or future work authorization sponsorship available.
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