Where an airline transport pilot can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an airline transport pilot already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
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.
Also known as aircraft captain, captain, airline pilot, airline aeroplane captain, airline transportation pilot.
Technicians and associate professionals 47 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: helicopter pilot, 79%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
An airline transport pilot needs 37 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- undertake procedures to meet requirements for flying aircraft heavier than 5,700 kg working with machinery and specialised equipment
- inspect aircraft information skills
- balance transportation cargo handling and moving
- create a flight plan management skills
- apply signalling control procedures working with machinery and specialised equipment
- undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements assisting and caring
- ensure ongoing compliance with regulations assisting and caring
- implement airside safety procedures assisting and caring
- perform take off and landing working with machinery and specialised equipment
- read 3D displays information skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an airline transport pilot does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- helicopter pilot 79% covered · difficulty 30
- commercial pilot 78% covered · difficulty 32
- private pilot 71% covered · difficulty 40.2
- air force pilot 70% covered · difficulty 41.1
- second officer 37% covered · difficulty 71.2
- drone pilot 35% covered · difficulty 72.9
- air traffic safety technician 30% covered · difficulty 76.6
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Airline transport pilot is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an airline transport pilot’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.