Commercial Airline Pilot – A Dream Job?

B1 – Intermediate

Every job has its pros and cons so before diving into something, we want to know everything about it – from pretty cool benefits that come with being an airline pilot to its pitfalls.

Read the article below to find out more about being a commercial airline pilot.

http://www.english-online.at/travel/airline-pilot/commercial-airline-pilot.htm

Discuss questions:

  1. Did you ever dream of becoming an airline pilot? Why or why not?
  2. What is your impression of having a job as a pilot?
  3. What are the pros and cons of being an airline pilot?
  4. Do you think you have what it takes to become a pilot?
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12 replies on “Commercial Airline Pilot – A Dream Job?”

Did you ever dream of becoming an airline pilot? Why or why not?
When I was a child, I was a dreamer and, of course, I dreamed that I was pilot of war because I like fighter jets.
What is your impression of having a job as a pilot?
I always thought that is a job where you can enjoy of the speed and be on sites where normal people don’t have access and you can feel free
What are the pros and cons of being an airline pilot?
Surely, have a good salary and the privilege of can flight and feel you like a bird are pros.
Cons can be to be a long time away of home y away of you family.
Do you think you have what it takes to become a pilot?
No, I don’t have. Right now, I am older and the dream finish.

Appreciate your determination in improving your skills in writing.

Take a look at how you can revise this sentence:

I always thought that is a job where you can enjoy of the speed and be on sites where normal people don’t have access and you can feel free

I’ve always thought that it is a job where you can enjoy of the speed and be on sites where normal people don’t have access to and you can feel free.

Until your next entry!

Did you ever dream of becoming an airline pilot? Why or why not?
All the children dream with pilot an aeroplane, it´s must be a great sensation and you can travel to anyone country also
What is your impression of having a job as a pilot?
Airline pilot must be a stressful job, The pilots need a lot of techincal knowledges, the physical and mental preparation must be intensive, the crew and the passengers are your responsability.
What are the pros and cons of being an airline pilot?
pros:
good status
travel by diferent countries
good pay
cons:
stay out of home very often
high responsability
Do you think you have what it takes to become a pilot?
I think that it´s neccesary a preparation that today I haven´t, I only can fly comets.

You are doing well with your writing so far. All your efforts are very much appreciate. Keep going.

Here is how to better write this sentence:

All the children dream with pilot an aeroplane, it´s must be a great sensation and you can travel to anyone country also

Every child dreams of becoming an airplane pilot. It must be a great feeling. You can also travel to any country.

Just keep being consistent with your practice to improve more and more.

1. Did you ever dream of becoming an airline pilot? Why or why not? I never dreamed about it but it’s true that I saw it as something super cool and interesting.
2. What is your impression of having a job as a pilot? I think that it should be very difficult and it’s hard to get this job.
3. What are the pros and cons of being an airline pilot? I think the pros is that you can travel a lot, meet a lot oh new people and have an interesting job but in the other hand you have a lot of responsability as you are in charge of hundreds of people and also you have to stay away from home a lot of time.
4. Do you think you have what it takes to become a pilot? no because I don’t have a good sight and I don’t see myself doing this job.

Good job answering the questions in this lesson.

Here is a sentence you can still improve:

I think the pros is that you can travel a lot, meet a lot oh new people and have an interesting job but in the other hand you have a lot of responsability as you are in charge of hundreds of people and also you have to stay away from home a lot of time.

I think the pros are that you can travel a lot, meet a lot of new people, and have an interesting job. but On the other hand, you have a lot of responsibility as you are in-charge of hundreds of people onboard and you also have to be away from home a lot of time.

Keep up the good work!

1. Did you ever dream of becoming an airline pilot? Why or why not?
I’ve never thought it, maybe I thought to be a crew assistant when I was child.
2. What is your impression of having a job as a pilot?
Hard work, too much responsibility and long-time not being with your family.

3. What are the pros and cons of being an airline pilot?
The cons are:
1. You need to study too much to achieve this career.
2. Your English must be high
3. You are responsible of hundreds of people
4. You must remain calm in dangerous situation, to be control of your feelings
5. You are separated of your family long time when you are pilot of the long-distance flights.
The pros are:
1. You are well paid
2. You can visit a lot of cities
3. Important job with responsibility
4. Do you think you have what it takes to become a pilot?
I have to say no in this moment, but I could develop some competencies important if I work on.

The more you practice, the better your skills in something becomes. Keep going with your writing practice.

Here’s a better way to write this one:

I’ve never thought it, maybe I thought to be a crew assistant when I was child.

I’ve never thought about it but maybe I dreamed about becoming a cabin crew when I was a child.

Have fun writing!

1. Have you ever dreamed of being an airline pilot? Why or why not?
Yes, when I was a child I dreamed of being a surgeon or a pilot. What attracted me to the pilots was the possibility of traveling and getting to know different places.

2. What is your impression of having a job as a pilot?
Now with the perspective of time I consider that he is a driver of a very expensive technical machine and in some cases with the responsibility for the lives of more than 400 people.

3. What are the pros and cons of being an airline pilot?
Pros: You can travel and get to know different places, be well paid if you work for one of the big airlines
Cons: Now with the level of technology that planes are equipped with, it can be a bit boring, they spend more time writing down and recording data than manually controlling the plane and making decisions based on weather, fuel, etc.

4. Do you think you have what it takes to become a pilot?
I think so, but I’ve never had the opportunity

Good job staying persistent in practicing your skills. Well done.

See how this sentence can be revised:

What attracted me to the pilots was the possibility of traveling and getting to know different places.

What attracted me to becoming a pilot was because they have the opportunity to travel and get to know different places.

Enjoy your writing practice.

– Yes, I deamed about this, in fact It was one of my future jobs when i was young, then I didn’t think about the difficult to reach it.
– My impression about being a pilot is that’s very dificult, streesfull and hight responsability.
– The pros to be a pilot are the salary and the views. The cons are probably the dificult to be a pilot an the responsability of this job
– I don’t have the courage to be a pilot. I use to fly every month but sometimes i feel bad when flying

Always try to elaborate more on your answers so you may be able to express your thoughts better.

See some things you can revise in this sentence:

I use to fly every month but sometimes i feel bad when flying

I usually fly every month, but I sometimes feel motion sick when flying.

You are doing good so far.

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