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Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
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.
What an airline pilot, copilot, and flight engineer does
Become an airline pilot, copilot, and flight engineer
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good airline pilot, copilot, and flight engineer
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $121 per hour with an average salary of $278,300 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $41 and $161 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $28,600 and $223,900 per year.
- 51% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The average hourly rate for part-time workers is $147 per hour with an average salary of $76,400 per year.
Airline Pilot, Copilot, And Flight Engineer job outlook
- There are 3,966 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 437 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 3% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 10% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.