Airline pilot

Airline pilots fly passengers and goods to different places all around the world. Pilots need to have excellent problem-solving skills as they may need to work out the best route to fly using weather reports and information from air traffic control. Before flying, you may be carrying out checks of engines, fuel and the safety systems. On short flights, you'll usually work in a two-person team as a pilot or co-pilot. For longer flights, there may be a flight engineer on board too. It takes a long time to train to be a pilot, although there are many different ways to get there. For example, you could complete a degree in aviation, attend an approved training school, complete a higher level apprenticeship or complete a pilot training scheme with a passenger airline. It's a lot of hard work, but it pays off as pilots can earn between £20,000 and £140,000 a year!