How do they match: Commercial 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.

  • Plan flight operations.