co-pilot

Co-pilots are responsible for assisting captains by monitoring the flight instruments, handling radio communications, watching for air traffic, and taking over for the pilot as needed. They adhere to the pilot's commands, flight plans, and regulations and procedures of aviation national authorities, companies, and airports.

The most in-demand skills for this role include visual flight rules, geographic areas, airport planning, aircraft flight control systems, air transport law, air traffic control operations. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives co-pilot a score of 0.47 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.