Austins Career, 8-6

1. Career: Pilot

2. Access Bridges
• A pilot pilots a plane to a destination, carrying
passengers or items needing shipping.
• The average education required is a bachelors
degree and any qualified flight school course.
• The median salary for a pilot is $119,750 per
year.

3. Access Bridges
• A few duties that I pilot performs is flying a
plane, landing a plane, and checking pre-flight
procedures.
• Its job outlook is good, its growth rate is 8.4%.
• There is some potential for advancement, you
can become a captian, and than a flight
instructor.

4. Access Bridges
• Some work environments include the inside of
an airplane, and a desk, for when you are
checking pre-flight procedures.
• Some related majors are physics, engineering,
and tech ed.

5. Career One Stop
• A pilot flies cargo and passengers from one
destination to another.
• You need a bachelors degree and an average
of 1 year of flight training.
• The median salary is $105,600.

6. Career One Stop
• 3 duties are flying passengers, making flight
reports, and checking the plane for safety
measures.
• Its job outlook is growing at 6%.
• Its work environment is in a cockpit and in an
airport.

7. Career One Stop
• Its potential for advancement is first captian,
than flight instructor, than management
employee.
• Some related majors are computer science
geography, and physics.

8. Occupational Outlook Handbook
• A pilot navigates planes or helicopter with
cargo, passengers, or news recorders for news
companies.
• You need a bachelors degree and a certificate
from a military or civilian flight school.
• The median salary is $92,060.

9. Occupational Outlook Handbook
• A few duties are filming news events if you are
working with a news company, flying
passengers, and flying cargo.
• The job out look is increasing at 11%.
• The work environment is in a cockpit and at an
office.

10. Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Some potential for advancement is becoming
a captian, and then becoming a flight
instructor.
• Some related majors are physics, geography,
and technology.

11. Rationale
• I chose this career for several reasons, here
are some of the reasons. First off, my dad,
uncle, and grandpa were all pilots. Secondly,
my dad always encourages me to follow the
career that he chose. Lastly, pilots make a lot
of money so I can have cool stuff.

12. Works Cited
• American Job Center. "Pilot." Career One Stop. U.S
department of labor statistics, 3 Aug. 2011. Web. 13
Jan. 2013. <http://www.careeronestop.org>.
• B.L.S. "Airline Pilot." Occupational Outlook Handbook.
U.S Department of Labor statistics, 29 Mar. 2012. Web.
13 Jan. 2013. <http://www.bls.gov>.
• Florida education. "Pilot." Access Bridges. XAP, 7 Jan.
2012. Web. 13 Jan. 2013. <http://www.bridges.com>.