Determine the quantity and orientation of cargo, and compute an aircraft's center of gravity.

“Determine the quantity and orientation of cargo, and compute an aircraft's center of gravity.” is a core task performed by Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors. Among the occupation's 6 rated tasks, workers place it 5th by importance (#2 most important). About 73% 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.

• Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment. in Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or 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: T3.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Calculate load weights for different aircraft compartments, using charts and computers. · importance 4.8
• Direct ground crews in the loading, unloading, securing, or staging of aircraft cargo or baggage. · importance 4.5
• Train new employees in areas such as safety procedures or equipment operation. · importance 4.5
• Distribute cargo to maximize use of space. · importance 4.3
• Accompany aircraft as a member of the flight crew to monitor and handle cargo in flight. · importance 4.1

See all tasks on the Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors 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-14435,
  title  = {Determine the quantity and orientation of cargo, and compute an aircraft's center of gravity.},
  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-14435}
}