How to become an Aircraft Pilot or Related Associate Professional
Official title: Aircraft Pilots and Related Associate Professionals
Flies and navigates aircraft, checks, calibrates and adjusts equipment in flight, and issues flight instructions.
Main tasks
- Fly and navigate aircraft following set control and operating procedures
- Prepare or file flight plans, or check standard flight plans
- Monitor flight equipment and make sure instruments and controls are working correctly
- Inspect and calibrate equipment in flight as directed by the captain; apply flight principles and practical knowledge to identify and solve problems that arise during work
Ways in
- Technical college: Technical and vocational college programme. Universities of science and technology and junior colleges run departments in related fields: transport services (1041); motor vehicles, ships and aircraft (0716). Departments in academic year 114 (2025-26): four-year technical bachelor's (四技) 13, two-year technical bachelor's (二技) 2, five-year junior college (五專) 1. Fields matched to the occupation by Peernovo.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Average pay: NT$3,931,000 a year
- Demand for Science and engineering jobs is projected at about 952,000 in 2024 and about 1,072,000 in 2030. (+12.6%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Related jobs
- Ships' Engineers
- Ships' Deck Officers and Pilots
- Air Traffic Controllers
- Air Traffic Safety Electronics Technicians
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Questions people ask
How do I become an Aircraft Pilot or Related Associate Professional?
Ways in include: Technical and vocational college programme.
How much does an Aircraft Pilot or Related Associate Professional earn in Taiwan?
Average pay is NT$3,931,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).
Is an Aircraft Pilot or Related Associate Professional a growing career in Taiwan?
Demand for this job family is projected to change 12.6% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).
Will AI change the work of an Aircraft Pilot or Related Associate Professional?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026