Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers

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Pilots plan flights, check the aircraft and weather, fly, and handle problems in the air. Airline pilots start as first officers and become captains; other pilots fly cargo, charters, medical helicopters or teach flying.

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High school courses that build toward it

• English 10 · English

  Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.

• Pre-Algebra · Math

  Builds math, which this job uses.

• Computer Science Principles · Computer Science

  Builds computers and electronics, which this job uses.

• Human Geography · Social Studies

  Builds geography, which this job uses.

• Business Law · Career and Technical

  Builds law and government, which this job uses.

• Physics · Science

  Builds physics, which this job uses.

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