Airline pilot

Being a pilot also allows you to experience the world through new eyes. While most people go to their mundane jobs every day, you will observe the world from a variety of perspectives and be continually reminded of how little we truly are in our vast universe!

As an airline pilot, you’ll carry people or cargo on long or short-haul flights for pleasure, business, or commerce.

The aircraft is normally flown by two pilots: the captain, who is the pilot in charge, and the supporting first officer. To minimise weariness, pilots often take turns flying the plane, with one controlling the controls while the other communicates with air traffic control and completes paperwork.

As a commercial airline pilot, you may anticipate to work weekdays, nights, weekends, and bank holidays on shifts that last between 39 and 41 hours each week.

Responsibilities:

• Make a flight plan that includes the amount of gasoline you’ll need and the altitude you’ll need to fly at.
• Choose the optimum route using weather forecasts and air traffic control data
• Before the trip, brief the cabin staff and maintain continuous communication during the journey.
• Follow the directions of air traffic control.
• To reduce noise pollution, observe protocols during take-off and landing.
• Check data during flight and change the path as needed.
• Inform passengers and personnel of the journey’s progress.
• Report on in-flight issues.

You’ll frequently be on standby, so you’ll need to live near the airport where you’re situated so you can get there quickly. One of the key benefits of this job is the opportunity to travel. As an airline pilot, you will have opportunity to travel and will be compensated to do so!

With all of the numerous itineraries that pilots take, every working day involves taking off in one place and landing in another – maybe in a country you’ve never been before.

Depending on your itinerary, you may wind up staying overnight or longer, allowing you the chance to visit other towns and cultures.

Another advantage of becoming a pilot is the opportunity to learn about foreign cultures. You will stay in many different hotels and pass through many different cultural zones since you will be flying to many different locations.