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Respond to transportation emergencies

This depends on human connection: empathy, trust, being physically present and responding to someone in real time. People can tell the difference.

Part of Intervene in crisis situations or emergencies, under the O*NET work activity group Assisting and Caring for Others. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 1 AI-assist, 2 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Provide flight path changes or directions to emergency landing fields for pilots traveling in bad weather or in emergency situations.Stays human Air Traffic Controllers
• Respond to emergency conditions or breakdowns, following applicable safety procedures and rules.Stays human Locomotive Engineers

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Respond to and report in-flight emergencies and malfunctions.AI-assist Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers