AI exposure
Air traffic controller: will AI take this job?
20%Mostly safe
AI can plan routes. Nobody wants “sorry, I hallucinated a runway”.
Why
Tools help, but safety rules and responsibility keep humans in control for the foreseeable future.
Where to look next
- Stay
- Drone traffic management
- Training and simulation
What AI already does
- Conflict prediction
- Sequencing suggestions
What stays human
- Decisions in real time
- Emergencies
Skills worth learning — Transport & logistics
- Logistics software and planning
- Specialist licences (ADR, heavy loads)
- Supervising automated fleets