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Chapter Seven: Careers in Aviation
There are many choices when it comes to a career in aviation. You can not only be a pilot,
but there are many types of pilots:
- Agriculture pilot. Flies planes over fields to deliver fertilizer and insecticide.
Also fights fire by dumping water out of a plane over burning acreage.
- Airline pilot.
Flies with the commercial airlines, such as American Airlines or Southwest Airlines.
- Air
freight pilot. Flies with the delivery companies such as UPS or Federal Express.
- Corporate
pilot: Flies private planes owned by corporations and individuals.
- Military pilot: Flies
for the military.
- Stunt pilot. Flies in air shows.
- Civil Air Patrol pilot: Flies search and rescue missions.
- Helicopter pilot: Flies for
sightseeing, traffic reporting, as a medevac, or as a Coast Guard pilot.
- Weather pilot.
Flies in the eyes of hurricanes.
Many people support pilots in the air so they can fly:
- Air traffic control
- Airport manager
- Flight attendant
- Flight instructor
- Flight dispatcher
- Meteorologist
- Operations chief
Others support pilots on the ground, including building airplanes in the factories.
- Airframe and powerplant technicians
- Aircraft manufacturing technician
- Avionics technician
Still others support aviation in administrative functions. These are almost unlimited,
so only a few are listed here.
- Airplane salesperson
- Computer programmer
- Financial manager
- Security officer
Here are some questions to discuss with students. What types of jobs can you think of that relate to aviation?
Are there any jobs listed that you are interested in?
Teachers, you might have the student choose an occupation and write a report about what
the job entails.
- The rectangle above represents all of the aviation careers available, approximately
9 million. The left circle, P, represents the number of pilots. The right circle, W,
represents the number of women in aviation careers. The intersection between P and W
represents what?
- The intersection of P and W represents 32,500 or about 5% of P. How
many pilots are there?
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