About the role
Description
National Airlines, based in Orlando, FL, operates passenger charter service as well as customized military and commercial air cargo carriages worldwide. National Airlines specializes in over-sized, time sensitive, and special handling requirements, utilizing 747-400 and A-330-200 aircraft to accomplish its missions.
Job Title: Mission Planner
Location: Orlando, FL
Department: Ops Control Center
Reports To: Mission Planning Manager
FLSA Status: Exempt
Summary: The Mission Planner researches each proposed flight operation for compliance as it relates to permissions, feasibility, and risk analysis. The Mission Planner interfaces and is the main point of contact for the sales team. Mission Planner helps ensure that all National Airlines trips comply with Federal Air Regulations, company guidelines and foreign government requirements. In addition, the Mission Planner provides technical data to support the OCC’s internal and external customers.
Essential Functions
Interfaces with sales on trip feasibility to ensure each proposed mission can be accomplished considering all constraints.
Provides a route analysis to include projected in route times, fuel burn projections mandatory way points for entry and exit points and any additional route constraints or concerns.
Identifies all required overflight and landing permissions and set realistic expectations by providing expected lead time required for obtaining each permit.
Identifies any additional insurance requirements for the carriage of special cargo such as dangerous goods or operations into high-risk areas.
Conducts an aircraft performance and airport suitability check for each leg to ensure payload requirements can be met. Add technical stops as necessary.
Provides a maximum expected payload based on expected constraints and limitation.
Provides constraints on any proposed dangerous goods including the lead time required to obtain special permission.
Secures required permits through vendors, Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Diplomatic Authorities (APACS) or military as appropriate.
Maintains all necessary documentation for the acquisition of permissions.
Coordinates with corporate attorne…
