Location: Dallas, TX 75209, USA
Job Category: Commerical
Requisition Number: SCHED002598
Schedule: Full-Time
Minimum Pay: $90,000 USD
Maximum Pay: $100,000 USD
Description: This Is How We Fly
At JSX, we're not just a lifestyle carrier - we're a lifestyle employer. Here, entrepreneurship meets determination, and excellence is our standard. We believe that the journey is just as important as the destination, and every day, we strive to create a Joyful, Simple eXperience for our Customers. Join us, and find your runway to growth, innovation, and success.
About the Role:
As the Schedule Planning Manager you are responsible for developing, optimizing, and maintaining JSX's flight schedules to support commercial objectives, operational reliability, and Customer satisfaction. You'll own future and seasonal schedule design, ensure alignment with fleet and crew resources, and partner closely with Revenue Management, Operations, Hospitality, Finance, and Marketing to deliver a schedule that works across the business. This role also plays a critical role in reporting, scenario modeling, and communicating schedule decisions company-wide.
A Day in the Life:
Your day will be analytical and highly collaborative, focused on designing schedules that balance demand, resources, and operational constraints while supporting growth. Additional responsibilities include:
Designing and maintaining future flight schedules 4-12+ months out using route performance data, market trends, and operational constraints. Leading seasonal schedule development aligned with demand patterns, holidays, and event calendars while ensuring aircraft and crew feasibility. Collaborating closely with Revenue Management, Marketing, Operations, Hospitality, Crew Scheduling, and Finance to ensure schedules are feasible and strategically aligned. Continuously refining schedules to optimize aircraft utilization, crew efficiency, and network performance. Monitoring schedule performance metrics including block times and on-time performance drivers to identify improvement opportunities. Modeling alternative scheduling scenarios, including new routes, new fleet scenarios, and network growth options. Evaluating opportunities to create new Customer connections between markets JSX does not serve nonstop. Ensuring all schedules meet regulatory requirements and required filings. Generating and distributing schedule reports and analyses for stakeholders across Commercial, Operations, Finance, and Hospitality. Communicating schedule changes, updates, and impacts clearly to internal teams to ensure alignment and readiness. Preparing reports and presentations for senior leadership outlining schedule design decisions, assumptions, and performance.
Why You'll Love This Role:
High-Impact Work: Your decisions directly influence revenue, operational performance, and the Customer experience. Strategic Visibility: Partner closely with senior leaders and cross-functional teams on network and growth strategy. Problem-Solving at Scale: Tackle complex planning challenges that require both analytical rigor and operational judgment. Room to Grow: Expand your influence as JSX continues to evolve and grow its network.
What Makes a Successful Schedule Planning Manager?
We're looking for someone who is:
Strategic: You think long-term about network design while understanding near-term operational realities. Analytical: You're comfortable working with complex data, models, and scenarios to inform decisions. Collaborative: You work effectively across Commercial and Operational teams to build alignment. Detail-Oriented: You manage multiple timelines, assumptions, and constraints without losing accuracy. Communicative: You can translate complex scheduling decisions into clear, actionable guidance. Entrepreneurial: You take ownership, act decisively, and continually seek to improve.
Required Experience:
4+ years of experience in airline schedule planning or network planning with a strong emphasis on long-term or seasonal scheduling. Bachelor's degree in Aviation Management, Transportation, Business, Economics, or a related field. Experience with flight scheduling systems such as Sabre Schedule Manager, NetLine/Sched, or Amadeus.
Preferred Experience:
Master's degree (MBA, Economics, Analytics, or similar).
Skills, Licenses, & Certifications:
Strong understanding of airline economics, scheduling principles, and market dynamics. Strong understanding of airline operations, airport constraints, and regulatory scheduling requirements. Ability to balance commercial and operational priorities when making scheduling decisions. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Strong analytical, mathematical, and problem-solving abilities. High attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple deadlines. Proficiency in Excel; experience with data tools or SQL is a plus.
Pay & Perks:
Compensation is $90,000 to $100,000 annually. This was established after performing market research and is aligned with our approach to compensation.
Health Benefits: New Crewmember's become eligible for coverage on the 1st of the month following the start date, with medical plans beginning at just $110/month. 100% employer paid dental & vision, plus up to $2,100 annually for HSA contribution. Short-term and long-term disability coverage at no cost. Travel Benefits: Enjoy free non-revenue standby travel on JSX, plus deeply discounted standby travel other major domestic & international airlines for you and your qualifying immediate family. 401(k) match: 50% of your first 8% Generous PTO: Take time to recharge with our flexible PTO plan.
Additional Information:
May perform other responsibilities as assigned. Responsibilities and duties may change when circumstances dictate (emergencies, changes in workload, rush jobs, technical developments, etc).
JSX seeks to provide equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment, as well as to ensure that all personnel activities, such as the recruitment, selection, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotion, transfer, layoff and termination processes remain free of illegal discrimination and harassment based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and national origin.
Ready to soar with us? Join JSX, where every day is a chance to be part of something eXtraordinary!
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