There are many lucrative jobs other than pilot and air hostess. The kind of work available in the airplane industry is understanding the nuances of the air transport industry, marketing of cargo and management, transportation of cargo, ticket reservation, regulation of traffic, customer relationship, cargo reservations, flight attendance, flight and ground instruction, cockpit resource management, federal regulation and the federal laws on aviation, aerodynamics and the basic concepts of flying, advanced navigation procedures, multi-engine flight instruction, crew synchronization, aviation safety, aviation administration, and meteorology.
There are technical and non technical departments in aviation industry, both of which are lucrative. To get a job in a technical department, one must have experience with physics, chemistry, and math through 12th grade in school. For non-technical departments, the eligibility is just a GED or high school diploma. Non-technical jobs include positions like hospitality careers.
Career opportunities are numerous as new airports are opening up. The salary is extremely high which attracts students for this lucrative job. The jobs in the aviation industry require a lot of skill and specialization. Pilots are paid exceptionally well, which is in the range of $80,000 to $100,000. Even fresh pilots get good salary in the range of $70,000 to $80,000. Not only is a pilot's job lucrative; the job of air hostess is equally lucrative. The salary of air hostess is in the range of $40,000 to $50,000.
An advantage of being in the aviation industry is that they can have an opportunity to visit much of the world.