Tips for Entry
Become a student member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilot Association, https://www.aopa.org/membership. This will help familiarize you with the profession.
Read a blog from a pilot, such as JetHead, https://jethead.wordpress.com, which provides an interesting look at being a pilot as well as other career information.
Reach out to other pilots through associations and ask them about their profession.
Subscribe to the flight training podcast, "The Student Pilot Cast," http://studentpilotcast.com/subscribing.
Visit FAA flight schools at https://www.faaflightschools.com to see a list of flight schools by state.
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- Airport Security Personnel
- Airport Service Workers
- Amusement Park Workers
- App Services Workers
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- Astronauts
- Astronomers
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- Autonomous Vehicle Safety and Test Drivers
- Aviation Safety Inspectors
- Avionics Engineers
- Avionics Technicians
- Bicycle Mechanics
- Biosecurity Monitors
- Business Managers
- Chemical Technicians
- Chemists
- Computer Network Administrators
- Computer Programmers
- Computer Systems Programmer/Analysts
- Cruise Ship Workers
- Cryptographic Technicians
- Customer Service Representatives
- Customs Officials
- Driverless Car Engineers
- Drone Engineers
- Drone Manufacturing Workers
- Drone Pilots
- Drone Repair Technicians
- Electrical Engineering Technologists
- Electrical Engineers
- Electronics Engineering Technicians
- Electronics Engineers
- Engineering Technicians
- Engineers
- Environmental Engineers
- Fleet Maintenance Technicians
- Flight Attendants
- Flight Instructors
- Fluid Power Technicians
- Futurists
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- Green Transportation Careers
- Ground Services Workers
- Gunsmiths
- Hosts/Hostesses
- Hypersonics Engineers
- Hypersonics Technicians
- Inbound Tour Guides
- Industrial Engineers
- Industrial Traffic Managers
- Intelligence Officers
- Internet Security Specialists
- Laboratory Testing Technicians
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- Mechanical Engineers
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- Military Police
- Military Recruiters
- Military Workers, Enlisted
- Military Workers, Officers
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- Museum Directors and Curators
- Music Venue Owners and Managers
- National Park Service Employees
- Non-Destructive Testing Specialists
- Optical Engineers
- Park Rangers
- Parking Attendants
- Physicists
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- Quality Control Engineers
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- Railroad Conductors
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- Reservation and Ticket Agents
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- Spa Managers
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- Sports Instructors and Coaches
- Stadium Ushers and Vendors
- Strength and Conditioning Coaches
- Swimming Pool Designers
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- Toll Collectors
- Tour Guides
- Traffic Engineers
- Transportation Engineers
- Transportation Planners
- Travel Agents
- Truck Dispatchers
- Truck Drivers
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