Occupation Atlasairline transport pilot
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/522c55ca-ee4a-407d-9fc6-f810c5266523
airline transport pilot
Airline transport pilots fly large aircrafts with a maximum take-off weight of more than 5700 kilograms, to transport passengers, mail, or freight on long or short-haul flights for leisure, business or commercial purposes. They have the overall responsibility for the safe and efficient operation of aircrafts and the safety of crew and passengers.
Job Zone
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- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
CREConventional · Realistic · Enterprising — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional4.82
- R Realistic4.79
- E Enterprising3.92
- S Social2.57
- I Investigative2.55
- A Artistic1.10
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Commercial Pilots (53-2012.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (37)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- air traffic control operations
- air transport law
- aircraft flight control systems
- analyse weather forecast
- analyse work-related written reports
- apply signalling control procedures
- aviation meteorology
- balance transportation cargo
- civil aviation regulations
- common aviation safety regulations
- comply with air traffic control operations
- create a flight plan
- ensure aircraft compliance with regulation
- ensure compliance with civil aviation regulations
- ensure ongoing compliance with regulations
- follow airport safety procedures
- follow verbal instructions
- geographic areas
- have spatial awareness
- implement airside safety procedures
- inspect aircraft
- manage financial risk
- operate cockpit control panels
- operate radar equipment
- operate radio equipment
- operate radio navigation instruments
- operate two-way radio systems
- perform flight manoeuvres
- perform routine flight operations checks
- perform take off and landing
- read 3D displays
- read maps
- supervise crew
- undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements
- undertake procedures to meet requirements for flying aircraft heavier than 5,700 kg
- use meteorological information
- visual flight rules
Optional (10)
- carry out navigational calculations
- communicate with customers
- give instructions to staff
- handle customer complaints
- maintain relationship with customers
- make independent operating decisions
- respond to changing navigation circumstances
- respond to customers' inquiries
- use different communication channels
- write work-related reports
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 37 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
co-pilot
33 shared · 10 more of its ownundertake procedures to meet requirements for flying aircraft heavier than 5,700 kg, inspect aircraft, balance transportation cargo, create a flight plan
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29 shared · 13 more of its ownbalance transportation cargo, apply signalling control procedures, undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements, ensure ongoing compliance with regulations
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private pilot
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second officer
14 shared · 14 more of its owninspect aircraft, undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements, ensure ongoing compliance with regulations, read 3D displays
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drone pilot
10 shared · 21 more of its ownperform take off and landing, perform flight manoeuvres, civil aviation regulations, ensure compliance with civil aviation regulations
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