Ground and Air Operations

Sizing analysts ensure that staffing requirements are in line with the resources available for the Air France pilots in its portfolio (Boeing Long-Haul, Airbus Long-Haul or Medium-Haul) in the short, medium and long term.

Your challenge will be to strike the best balance between operational robustness, scheduling quality and economic optimisation while respecting the rules for the use of aircrew set out in the regulations of the authorities and in the company's internal agreements. In a stimulating environment and in interaction with the company's strategic players:

Programme, Rotations, Scheduling, Training Department, Operations Department, Pilot Careers, Recruitment, Management Control, Human Resources Department.

But also externally with the other companies of the group (Transavia France, HOP, KLM)

Flight Simulator Instructor/ Synthetic Flight Instructor
The Aircraft Performance Engineering Department, part of the Air Operations Development Division, provides performance expertise for all the aircraft types in the fleet. It also manages the various performance calculation tools available to crews and dispatchers.

Aircraft Performance Engineers interact with manufacturers (Boeing and Airbus) and the supplier of ground data, and with the regulatory authorities (DSAC) and several company divisions.

They monitor land and line studies contribute to initiatives related to the company's fuel plan, conduct studies on the sector and operational performance issues, and oversee tool, documentation and regulatory developments. 

Our Flight Operations Engineers are central to Air France’s operations and priority issues, including flight safety, the ecological transition and the customer experience.

How does this profession contribute to Air France’s future challenges? 

Improving our operations hinges on taking account of operational issues, including route construction and commercial, climate and socio-political issues, and on adapting our overall operations to the challenges and urgency of our energy and environmental transition.

At the nexus of these issues, AF's Flight Operations Engineers strike a balance between business imperatives and regulation, and between airline challenges and the company’s interests.

What makes the profession interesting?

This profession is exciting because it involves dealing with complex, shifting and strategic issues! Flight Operations Engineers work as part of a team of flight operations professionals with consummate expertise in aircraft performance issues. They also work within the Technical Development Division at the forefront of the company's technical and operational challenges technical and operational issues.

Flight Operations Engineers can advance their careers at Technical Development and Flight Operations and move into other strategic functions and divisions, including Industrial Maintenance.

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The Aircraft Performance Engineering Department, part of the Air Operations Development Division, provides performance expertise for all the aircraft types in the fleet. It also manages the various performance calculation tools available to crews and dispatchers.

Aircraft Performance Engineers interact with manufacturers (Boeing and Airbus) and the supplier of ground data, and with the regulatory authorities (DSAC) and several company divisions.

They monitor land and line studies contribute to initiatives related to the company's fuel plan, conduct studies on the sector and operational performance issues, and oversee tool, documentation and regulatory developments. 

Our Flight Operations Engineers are central to Air France’s operations and priority issues, including flight safety, the ecological transition and the customer experience.

How does this profession contribute to Air France’s future challenges? 

Improving our operations hinges on taking account of operational issues, including route construction and commercial, climate and socio-political issues, and on adapting our overall operations to the challenges and urgency of our energy and environmental transition.

At the nexus of these issues, AF's Flight Operations Engineers strike a balance between business imperatives and regulation, and between airline challenges and the company’s interests.

What makes the profession interesting?

This profession is exciting because it involves dealing with complex, shifting and strategic issues! Flight Operations Engineers work as part of a team of flight operations professionals with consummate expertise in aircraft performance issues. They also work within the Technical Development Division at the forefront of the company's technical and operational challenges technical and operational issues.

Flight Operations Engineers can advance their careers at Technical Development and Flight Operations and move into other strategic functions and divisions, including Industrial Maintenance.

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Calculating aircraft is central to Air France's Flight Operations activity. The aircraft performance activity has strong and cross-cutting impacts in terms of operations, flight economics, sustainable development and, above all, flight safety.

The Aircraft Performance Engineering Department, part of the Air Operations Development Division, provides performance expertise for all the aircraft types in the fleet. It also manages the various performance calculation tools available to crews and dispatchers.

The aircraft performance profession relies on manufacturer software, in-house tools and the corresponding performance databases. Aircraft Performance Engineers interact with manufacturers (Boeing and Airbus) and the supplier of ground data, and with the regulatory authorities (DSAC) 

Working in-house at Air France, the successful applicant will work with other departments at the Air Operations Division as well as with other company divisions.

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