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 * Airline piloting **




 * Three questions I want to answer in my research about this job **

1. Is this a physically demanding job?

2. What subjects will I need to take in school?

3. how many people are in commercial or airline piloting?

T**he sources I used to find this information**. List these in order of usefulness

1. http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/departments/school-aviation/

2. http://www.careers.govt.nz/jobs/transport-logistics/aeroplane-pilot/how-to-enter-the-job


 * About the job **

An airline pilot is a person who is in control, or who assists the person in control of a passenger plane. This involves taking off flying and landing a vehicle holding anything from 50-300 passengers. This job involves a lot of responsibility and you need to have a cool head under stressful situations. You also need to be able to read navigation equipment and repair small malfunctions with electrical components.


 * About the qualifications and conditions **

To become eligible to join a new Zealand airline you must have a commercial piloting license, a multi-engine instrument rating. This takes around 4 years to do at Massey university. The pay for this job can be ranged from 70,000 to 300,000 dollars a year. Within 5 years you should be earning more than 150,000 thousand a year.


 * Personal and physical qualifications **

You need to be extremely fit and be able to do lift plenty of heavy objects with ease. Each year you must pass a strict medical test, failing to do so can mean be suspended from flying until the problems are resolved. Before you even begin university you must pass a mental stability test and there can’t be any long term mental problems orany sort of criminal record.


 * Question 1. Is this a physically demanding job? **

Yes. According to previous Massey university graduates it is. You need to be on top of your game at all times and be prepared to fail because it is not easy. Airline piloting involves heavy lifting because if there is an emergency you need to be able to try and control your plane. This involves steering. When flying large planes you always fly with a second pilot so that you can take off and land.


 * Question 2: What subjects do I need to take at college? **

The two main subjects that you need to take are maths and physics. You can also take English and geography. You need to take maths and physics all the way up to NCEA level 3. You are also told that computer studies should be taken up to at least year 12.


 * Question 3: how many people are in commercial or airline piloting? **

As of 2012 there was 3034 registered commercial or airline piloting. This is actually an extremely high amount of pilots as only a maximum of four people can fly a single plane at one time. This means getting a job is much harder. Also this makes getting into university harder because there is less need for jobs. Although many pilots are going to be retiring soon because of the 1950 baby boom. This means that by the time i need to go to university many job openings will happen because older pilots will retire. This could hopefully make it easier to get into university and get a job.


 * My conclusions about this job **

I think that piloting would provide a tough challange but by far the positives outway the negatives. I think it would be amazing to fly around the world visiting new places and people. The responsibility of being a pilot would obviously be extremely hard as you are in control of a 100 million dollar aircraft and the lives of upto 300 people. I honestly think following this through school is a great idea and even if you dont get into university the subjects you wouldve taken can lead to plenty of other intresting jobs. I think i am going to pursue this career into much more detail to find out more information before i make any big decsions. However from what i know this is a good job to pursue.