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Pilot
Role & responsibilities
Plans flights, conducts safety checks, navigates routes, and communicates with air traffic control to ensure safe, efficient operations.
Key strengths
- Attention to detail26% (Job)
- Decision making22% (Job)
- Safety awareness18% (Job)
- Stress tolerance18% (Job)
- Communication16% (Job)
What this means for you
- Stress tolerance – Applies stress tolerance to solve role-specific challenges effectively.
- Decision making – Applies decision making to solve role-specific challenges effectively.
- Attention to detail – Applies attention to detail to solve role-specific challenges effectively.
Typical tasks
- Operate aircraft safely during takeoff, flight, and landing.
- Communicate with air traffic control and crew to ensure passenger safety.
- Plan flight routes, review weather, and perform pre-flight checks.
Daily work
- Starts the day reviewing priorities, stakeholder requests, and risks related to the Pilot role.
- Wraps up by tracking progress, documenting decisions, and planning the next iteration or handoff.
- Spends the core hours executing deliverables, collaborating with partners to unblock work and keep momentum.
Education & entry routes
Helpful but not mandatory
- Instrument rating upgrade course
- Aviation safety management certification
Alternative pathways
- Aviation Operations Coordinator
- Flight Instructor
- Charter Pilot
Work environment
- Team size
- Works with co-pilot and cabin crew
- Typical employers
- Airlines, cargo carriers, charter services
- People contact
- Moderate interaction with crew and brief passenger communication
- Stress level
- High responsibility with variable workload
- Working hours
- Irregular hours with travel across time zones
Entry & progression
Common entry roles
- Pilot Intern
- Junior Pilot
Next career steps
- Senior Pilot
- Lead Pilot