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Lead Captain — Embraer Praetor 600 | Sarasota (KSRQ)
✈️ Lead Captain — Embraer Praetor 600 (KSRQ)
Corporate Wings, part of the Flexjet and Directional Aviation portfolio, is hiring a Praetor 600 Lead Captain for a Sarasota-based, Part 91 managed aircraft operation. This is a leadership-in-the-cockpit role that blends impeccable airmanship with crew mentorship, schedule and training oversight, and a refined, high-touch passenger experience.
🧭 The mission
Own the standard of safety, service, and professionalism on a world-class super-midsize jet. As Lead Captain, you will operate the Praetor 600 safely and efficiently, guide and mentor your crew, coordinate training and schedules, and serve as the primary liaison to passengers and Corporate Wings—delivering a consistently exceptional experience from preflight to touchdown.
🧰 What you’ll do
- Flight operations: Serve as PIC, ensuring safe, compliant operations aligned with manufacturer guidance, FAR 91/91K/135, ICAO, and international requirements.
- Leadership & mentoring: Manage crew duty schedules, approve monthly expense reports, conduct annual performance evaluations, coordinate training, mentor colleagues, and promote team cohesion.
- Coordination & communication: Work closely with flight crew, maintenance, and operations; resolve questions; share timely information to keep trips running smoothly.
- Schedule mastery: Partner with the Client Service Manager on aircraft and crew schedule changes; coordinate maintenance test, training, and other non-client flights; obtain Corporate Wings approvals for operational, personnel, and administrative matters.
- Passenger experience: Welcome and brief passengers, provide weather/trip updates, confirm itineraries and explain changes, act as liaison to Corporate Wings, deliver thoughtful in-flight catering and responsible alcohol service, load/stow baggage, and clean, organize, and stock the cabin before each trip.
- Continuous improvement: Champion disciplined rest and fatigue management and uphold a culture of safety, service, and professionalism.
🌟 What you’ll bring
- Licensure: FAA Airline Transport Pilot License (ATP); Restricted ATP considered.
- Type rating: Current Embraer Praetor 600 type rating.
- Medical: FAA First Class Medical; unrestricted ability to travel worldwide.
- Experience: 5,000+ total flight hours, including 2,500+ hours as Pilot in Command.
- Proximity: Residence within two hours of KSRQ (Sarasota).
- Regulatory knowledge: Working knowledge of FAR 91, 91K, and 135; ICAO and international regulations.
- Service & judgment: Strong passenger-service mindset, excellent interpersonal skills, and sound operational/service decision-making.
- Preferred: FAA Airframe & Powerplant or Aircraft Maintenance Engineer license; availability across days, nights, weekends, and holidays; exemplary rest/fatigue discipline.
Additional responsibilities may be assigned based on operational needs.
💼 Rewards & benefits
- Competitive salary with clear growth opportunities
- World-class health benefits with premiums unchanged for the past seven years
- Competitive 401(k) employer match
- Company-paid health and wellness program
- Educational assistance
- Pet insurance and additional employee benefits
📨 Ready to lead?
If you bring the experience, leadership, and service mindset to elevate every flight, we’d love to hear from you. Apply to join Corporate Wings and help set the standard on the Praetor 600 out of Sarasota.