Plan and formulate flight activities and test schedules and prepare flight evaluation reports.

“Plan and formulate flight activities and test schedules and prepare flight evaluation reports.” is a supplemental task performed by Commercial Pilots. Among the occupation's 26 rated tasks, workers place it 4th by importance (#23 most important). About 44% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Plan work activities. in Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
• Maintain operational records. in Documenting/Recording Information

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T2.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.003% share of AI-use records mapped to this task

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Check aircraft prior to flights to ensure that the engines, controls, instruments, and other systems are functioning properly. · importance 5.0
• Co-pilot aircraft or perform captain's duties, as required. · importance 4.9
• Consider airport altitudes, outside temperatures, plane weights, and wind speeds and directions to calculate the speed needed to become airborne. · importance 4.9
• Use instrumentation to pilot aircraft when visibility is poor. · importance 4.9
• Monitor engine operation, fuel consumption, and functioning of aircraft systems during flights. · importance 4.8
• Order changes in fuel supplies, loads, routes, or schedules to ensure safety of flights. · importance 4.8
• Contact control towers for takeoff clearances, arrival instructions, and other information, using radio equipment. · importance 4.8
• Start engines, operate controls, and pilot airplanes to transport passengers, mail, or freight according to flight plans, regulations, and procedures. · importance 4.7
• Plan flights according to government and company regulations, using aeronautical charts and navigation instruments. · importance 4.7
• Check baggage or cargo to ensure that it has been loaded correctly. · importance 4.6
• Obtain and review data such as load weights, fuel supplies, weather conditions, and flight schedules to determine flight plans and identify needed changes. · importance 4.6
• Conduct in-flight tests and evaluations at specified altitudes and in all types of weather to determine the receptivity and other characteristics of equipment and systems. · importance 4.4
• Choose routes, altitudes, and speeds that will provide the fastest, safest, and smoothest flights. · importance 4.4
• Write specified information in flight records, such as flight times, altitudes flown, and fuel consumption. · importance 4.3

See all tasks on the Commercial Pilots page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Plan and formulate flight activities and test schedules and prepare flight evaluation reports.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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