POSITION SUMMARY:
The Domestic Flight Planner ensures the safe, legal, and efficient coordination of all Flexjet domestic flights. This role is responsible for preparing and filing flight plans, monitoring weather and operational conditions, and ensuring full regulatory and procedural compliance. The planner provides exceptional support to flight crews and internal teams, support the oversight of airport slot and PPR requests, and supplies required trip documentation and briefings. Success in this role requires strong decision-making skills, attention to detail, and a commitment to safety, service, and operational excellence.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Prepare and file domestic flight plans in compliance with regulations and company procedures.
- Coordinate all Flexjet domestic flights to ensure safe, efficient, and legal operations.
- Monitor weather and operational factors impacting flight schedules.
- Provide trip briefings and required documentation to flight crews and external partners.
- Manage airport slot reservations and prior-permission (PPR) applications.
- Ensure adherence to safety, security, and quality standards.
- Identify and report potential compliance or safety issues.
- Support resolution of flight or service deviations.
- Deliver exceptional service to internal and external customers.
- Ability and willingness to work nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime as required.
REQUIRED SKILLS
- Bachelor’s degree in aviation or a related field; or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- FAA Aircraft Dispatcher Certificate (Part 65) preferred.
- Strong understanding of aviation operations, including flight planning, weather analysis, ATC flow, and regulatory compliance.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
- Proven ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong multitasking and time management abilities.
- Demonstrated self-motivation, attention to detail, and problem-solving skills.
- Willingness to work varying shifts, including weekends, holidays, and overtime as required.
- Ability to quickly learn and navigate customized company software systems.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in aviation or related field, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
- FAA Aircraft Dispatcher Certificate (Part 65)
- Strong understanding of flight planning, weather analysis, ATC flow, and regulatory compliance
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States
- Proven ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; strong multitasking and time management
- Demonstrated self-motivation, attention to detail, and problem-solving skills
- Willingness to work nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime as required
- Ability to quickly learn and navigate customized company software systems
Flexjet Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Flexjet and has not been reviewed or approved by Flexjet.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits include a dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 6%, with pilots eligible for added company retirement contributions and a deferred compensation program that begins after year three. Feedback suggests these features lift total retirement value beyond base pay for pilots and certified technicians.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Pilot work rules emphasize home basing across 115+ domiciles, company-paid positioning on scheduled days, no reserve or calls on days off, and the ability to keep hotel and airline points. A high per diem and company-paid training further support day-to-day quality of life.
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Pay Growth & Progression — Pay is considered to have improved for pilots in 2024+, with first-year totals rising and base pay viewed as good relative to some Part 135 operators. Feedback suggests several non-flying roles track at industry standard or slightly above, aligning with local market medians.
Flexjet Insights
What We Do
Flexjet first entered the fractional jet ownership market in 1995. Flexjet offers fractional jet ownership and leasing. Flexjet’s fractional aircraft program is the first in the world to be recognized as achieving the Air Charter Safety Foundation’s Industry Audit Standard, is the first and only company to be honored with 21 FAA Diamond Awards for Excellence, upholds an ARG/US Platinum Safety Rating and is IS-BAO compliant at Level 2. Flexjet’s fractional program fields an exclusive array of business aircraft—some of the youngest in the fractional jet industry, with an average age of approximately six years. In 2015, Flexjet introduced Red Label by Flexjet, which features the youngest fleet in the industry, flight crews dedicated to a single aircraft and the LXi Cabin Collection of interiors. To date there are more than 40 different interior designs across its fleet, which includes the Embraer Phenom 300, Challenger 350, the Embraer Legacy 450 and Praetor 500, Global Express, the Gulfstream G450, G500, G650 and G700, and the Aerion AS2 supersonic business jets. Flexjet is a member of the Directional Aviation family of companies. For more details on innovative programs and flexible offerings, visit www.flexjet.com or follow us on Twitter @Flexjet and on Instagram @FlexjetLLC.
