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49.01Air Transportation

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Commercial and Airline Pilot SOC 53-2012

⚠⚠ The commercial certificate (250 hours) lets you be paid to fly, but airlines need 1,500, and nearly everyone fills the gap by working as a flight instructor or charter pilot. ⚠⚠⚠ The cost is flight time, not tuition: one Florida college publishes $64,579.80 in flight fees against $4,838.28 in tuition. A qualifying aviation degree cuts the airline minimum to 1,250 or 1,000 hours. Median pay: $123,220 for commercial pilots, $232,140 for airline pilots.

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Air Traffic Controllers SOC 53-2021
Airfield Operations Specialists SOC 53-2022
First-Line Supervisors of Passenger Attendants SOC 53-1044
Flight Attendants SOC 53-2031
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers SOC 11-3071