airline transport pilottoco-pilot
A airline transport pilot already meets 77% of what the co-pilot role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
77%
34.5/ 100
1 Share of the co-pilot role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the airline transport pilot profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A co-pilot role treats 34 of its required skills as things a airline transport pilot already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- air traffic control operations
- air transport law
- aircraft flight control systems
- analyse work-related written reports
- apply signalling control procedures
- aviation meteorology
What stands in the way is 9 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 39 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A co-pilot role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a airline transport pilot background worth leading with.
- already held undertake procedures to meet requirements for flying aircraft heavier than 5,700 kg working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held inspect aircraft information skills
- already held balance transportation cargo handling and moving
- already held create a flight plan management skills
- already held apply signalling control procedures working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements assisting and caring
All 39 carried skills, including the 34 the co-pilot role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 13 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held ensure smooth on board operations required
- required, not held handle stressful situations in the work place required
- required, not held prepare transportation routes required
- optional, not held tolerate stress optional
- required, not held ensure public safety and security required
- required, not held deal with challenging work conditions required
- optional, not held apply airport standards and regulations optional
- optional, not held be friendly to passengers optional
- required, not held apply transportation management concepts required
- required, not held run preventive simulations required
- required, not held airport planning required
- required, not held interpret visual literacy required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a co-pilot role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 airport planning knowledge · sector specific
- 02 apply transportation management concepts skill · sector specific
- 03 ensure public safety and security skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 39 skills that carry over
- already held air traffic control operations knowledge
- already held air transport law knowledge
- already held aircraft flight control systems knowledge
- already held analyse work-related written reports skill
- already held apply signalling control procedures skill
- already held aviation meteorology knowledge
- already held balance transportation cargo skill
- already held civil aviation regulations knowledge
- already held common aviation safety regulations knowledge
- already held comply with air traffic control operations skill
- already held create a flight plan skill
- already held ensure aircraft compliance with regulation skill
- already held ensure compliance with civil aviation regulations skill
- already held ensure ongoing compliance with regulations skill
- already held follow verbal instructions skill
- already held geographic areas knowledge
- already held have spatial awareness skill
- already held implement airside safety procedures skill
- already held inspect aircraft skill
- already held operate cockpit control panels skill
- already held operate radar equipment skill
- already held operate radio equipment skill
- already held operate radio navigation instruments skill
- already held operate two-way radio systems skill
- already held perform flight manoeuvres skill
- already held perform routine flight operations checks skill
- already held perform take off and landing skill
- already held read 3D displays skill
- already held read maps skill
- already held undertake procedures to meet aircraft flight requirements skill
- already held undertake procedures to meet requirements for flying aircraft heavier than 5,700 kg skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held use meteorological information skill
- already held visual flight rules knowledge
- already held analyse weather forecast skill
- already held carry out navigational calculations skill
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held respond to changing navigation circumstances skill
- already held write work-related reports skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held geostationary satellites optional
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply airport standards and regulations optional
- optional, not held be friendly to passengers optional
- optional, not held geostationary satellites optional
- optional, not held tolerate stress optional
8 held skills the co-pilot role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role follow airport safety procedures skill
- not needed by the target role give instructions to staff skill
- not needed by the target role handle customer complaints skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
- not needed by the target role make independent operating decisions skill
- not needed by the target role manage financial risk skill
- not needed by the target role respond to customers' inquiries skill
- not needed by the target role supervise crew skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held airport planning required
- optional, not held geostationary satellites optional
Other moves recorded from airline transport pilot
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.