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When you have the lives of a couple hundred passengers in your hands, and a limited amount of fuel on board,
it's often comforting to have some idea of where you are and how to get where you want to go.

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What type of careers may use latitude and longitude?

Careers that may use latitude and longitude include cartographers, geographers, pilots, surveyors, and GIS (Geographic Information Systems) specialists. These professionals rely on precise location coordinates to map and analyze spatial data for various purposes such as navigation, land surveying, and environmental monitoring.


What type of jobs use lines of longitude and latitude?

Some of the people who regularly use latitude and longitude in their jobs are: geographers, cartographers, members of the Armed Services or military, geologists, aviators, travel agents, historians and social studies teachers.


Which professions use longitude and latitude?

Any profession that deals with mapping, GPS or determining the location of something or someone on the earth's surface. Examples: - Geography - Cartography - Military - Environmental Sciences - Transportation etc.


How many pilots for b767 are there in Kenya airways?

Kenya Airways has around 200 pilots qualified to fly the Boeing 767 aircraft. However, this number can fluctuate based on the airline's operational needs and pilot availability.


What type of map projection is used by airline pilots?

The type of map projection used by pilots is called a Polar Projection. It shows the Earth from one of the two poles, which helps show what is known as The Great Circle Route. This states that if you live on a rounded object such as the Earth, you travel on a curved line. This makes a Polar Projection the best choice and most commonly used map projection used by pilots.

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What type of careers may use latitude and longitude?

Careers that may use latitude and longitude include cartographers, geographers, pilots, surveyors, and GIS (Geographic Information Systems) specialists. These professionals rely on precise location coordinates to map and analyze spatial data for various purposes such as navigation, land surveying, and environmental monitoring.


Why is latitude and longitude important to us today?

If you never leave home, then that system is not important to you at all. It is the method used by today's ship and airline pilots to get them to their destinations, and by today's crab and lobster fishermen to return to the places in the ocean where they planted their pots.


Are airline pilots called captains?

No, however some airline pilots are captains.


Why are the lines of latitude and longitude important?

It helps keep the continents in order and helps pilots and boaters keep an accurate path.... :)


When was US Airline Pilots Association created?

US Airline Pilots Association was created in 2007.


When was Caribbean Airline Pilots Association created?

Caribbean Airline Pilots Association was created in 1997.


When was Norwegian Airline Pilots Association created?

Norwegian Airline Pilots Association was created in 1977.


When was British Airline Pilots' Association created?

British Airline Pilots' Association was created on 1937-06-27.


What language do airline pilots use to identify themselves?

Airline pilots identify themselves in English, the international language of aviation.


Do women become airline pilots?

yes, women do become pilots


What type of jobs use lines of longitude and latitude?

Some of the people who regularly use latitude and longitude in their jobs are: geographers, cartographers, members of the Armed Services or military, geologists, aviators, travel agents, historians and social studies teachers.


What is the best airline pilot shoes?

airline pilots should wear loafers