How do they match: Commercial Pilots

  • Pilot and navigate the flight of fixed-wing aircraft on nonscheduled air carrier routes, or helicopters. Requires Commercial Pilot certificate. Includes charter pilots with similar certification, and air ambulance and air tour pilots. Excludes regional, national, and international airline pilots.

  • Plan and formulate flight activities and test schedules and prepare flight evaluation reports.
  • Plan flights according to government and company regulations, using aeronautical charts and navigation instruments.
  • Check the flight performance of new and experimental planes.
  • Consider airport altitudes, outside temperatures, plane weights, and wind speeds and directions to calculate the speed needed to become airborne.
  • File instrument flight plans with air traffic control so that flights can be coordinated with other air traffic.
  • Obtain and review data such as load weights, fuel supplies, weather conditions, and flight schedules to determine flight plans and identify needed changes.
  • Start engines, operate controls, and pilot airplanes to transport passengers, mail, or freight according to flight plans, regulations, and procedures.
  • Teach company regulations and procedures to other pilots.

  • Plan flight operations.