How do they match: Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers

  • Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers

  • Flight Inspector
  • Airline Pilot Flight Instructor
  • Facilities Flight Check Pilot

  • Pilot and navigate the flight of fixed-wing aircraft, usually on scheduled air carrier routes, for the transport of passengers and cargo. Requires Federal Air Transport certificate and rating for specific aircraft type used. Includes regional, national, and international airline pilots and flight instructors of airline pilots.

  • Brief crews about flight details, such as destinations, duties, and responsibilities.
  • Choose routes, altitudes, and speeds that will provide the fastest, safest, and smoothest flights.
  • Conduct in-flight tests and evaluations at specified altitudes and in all types of weather to determine the receptivity and other characteristics of equipment and systems.
  • Confer with flight dispatchers and weather forecasters to keep abreast of flight conditions.
  • Coordinate flight activities with ground crews and air traffic control and inform crew members of flight and test procedures.
  • Direct activities of aircraft crews during flights.
  • File instrument flight plans with air traffic control to ensure that flights are coordinated with other air traffic.
  • Inspect aircraft for defects and malfunctions, according to pre-flight checklists.
  • Instruct other pilots and student pilots in aircraft operations and the principles of flight.
  • Make announcements regarding flights, using public address systems.
  • Monitor engine operation, fuel consumption, and functioning of aircraft systems during flights.
  • Order changes in fuel supplies, loads, routes, or schedules to ensure safety of flights.
  • Plan and formulate flight activities and test schedules and prepare flight evaluation reports.
  • Record in log books information, such as flight times, distances flown, and fuel consumption.
  • Respond to and report in-flight emergencies and malfunctions.
  • Start engines, operate controls, and pilot airplanes to transport passengers, mail, or freight, adhering to flight plans, regulations, and procedures.
  • Steer aircraft along planned routes, using autopilot and flight management computers.
  • Use instrumentation to guide flights when visibility is poor.
  • Work as part of a flight team with other crew members, especially during takeoffs and landings.

  • Coordinate flight control or management activities.
  • Plan flight operations.