Pilot airplanes or drive land and water vehicles to transport tourists to activity or tour sites.

“Pilot airplanes or drive land and water vehicles to transport tourists to activity or tour sites.” is a supplemental task performed by Travel Guides. Among the occupation's 17 rated tasks, workers place it 15th by importance (#3 most important). About 40% 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.

• Operate transportation equipment or vehicles. in Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

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 0.00. Automation potential label: T0.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Explain hunting and fishing laws to groups to ensure compliance. · importance 4.7
• Lead individuals or groups to tour site locations and describe points of interest. · importance 4.7
• Arrange for tour or expedition details such as accommodations, transportation, equipment, and the availability of medical personnel. · importance 4.6
• Plan tour itineraries, applying knowledge of travel routes and destination sites. · importance 4.5
• Resolve any problems with itineraries, service, or accommodations. · importance 4.5
• Sell or rent equipment, clothing, and supplies related to expeditions. · importance 4.4
• Pay bills and record checks issued. · importance 4.2
• Attend to special needs of tour participants. · importance 4.2
• Sell travel packages. · importance 4.1
• Evaluate services received on the tour, and report findings to tour organizers. · importance 4.1
• Verify amounts and quality of equipment prior to expeditions or tours. · importance 4.1
• Instruct novices in climbing techniques, mountaineering, and wilderness survival, and demonstrate use of hunting, fishing, and climbing equipment. · importance 4.0
• Set up camps, and prepare meals for tour group members. · importance 3.8
• Give advice on sightseeing and shopping. · importance 3.8

See all tasks on the Travel Guides 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
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

@misc{singulariki-task-13167,
  title  = {Pilot airplanes or drive land and water vehicles to transport tourists to activity or tour sites.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-13167}
}