Will AI replace Airfield Operations Specialists?
Estimated risk score: 47 out of 100
Moderate replacement risk
Estimate from published task research, not reviewed by a person · how we estimate
Within about 19 points for 4 in 5 of the jobs we checked (28 to 66).
For the occupation as a whole, from ratings of its 27 O*NET tasks published in 2023 and calibrated to our hand scores. A specialty inside it can sit higher or lower.
O*NET-SOC 53-2022.00 · Transportation and Material Moving
Tasks rated in 2023 as ones AI could do or speed up
Tasks a GPT-4-class model could do, or do in half the time or less: 9 of its 27 rated tasks; the first 6 are shown. In O*NET’s words.
- Maintain flight and event logs, air crew flying records, and flight operations records of incoming and outgoing flights.
- Receive, transmit, and control message traffic.
- Relay departure, arrival, delay, aircraft and airfield status, and other pertinent information to upline controlling agencies.
- Check military flight plans with civilian agencies.
- Post visual display boards and status boards.
- Procure, produce, and provide information on the safe operation of aircraft, such as flight planning publications, operations publications, charts and maps, or weather information.
Tasks rated in 2023 as not sped up by AI
Tasks such a model was rated as not speeding up or taking over: 8 of its 27 rated tasks; the first 6 are shown. In O*NET’s words.
- Manage wildlife on and around airport grounds.
- Assist in responding to aircraft and medical emergencies.
- Implement airfield safety procedures to ensure a safe operating environment for personnel and aircraft operation.
- Initiate or conduct airport-wide coordination of snow removal on runways and taxiways.
- Monitor the arrival, parking, refueling, loading, and departure of all aircraft.
- Perform and supervise airfield management activities, including mobile airfield management functions.
What the job is
Ensure the safe takeoff and landing of commercial and military aircraft. Duties include coordination between air-traffic control and maintenance personnel, dispatching, using airfield landing and navigational aids, implementing airfield safety procedures, monitoring and maintaining flight records, and applying knowledge of weather information.
Also called: Airport Operations Agent, Airport Operations Specialist, Airport Operations Coordinator, Flight Follower, Operations Agent, Airport Ramp Agent, Airport Supervisor, Operations Officer.
Closest jobs we score by hand
In the same field (Transportation and Material Moving). Different jobs, each scored by a person.
Source. This site includes information from the O*NET 30.1 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. (O*NET, CC BY 4.0.) Task ratings: Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock (2023), “GPTs are GPTs: An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models”, data used under the MIT licence (licence texts). Our change: we averaged the ratings over this occupation’s tasks and calibrated them to our 0–100 scale. It is not a prediction about any one person and not career advice. Disagree? Write to hello@yourstopwashit.com. How we estimate