Automation index
How much of a Air traffic controller’s job can AI already do?
Labels and alerts already help. Separating two aircraft in fog, and talking to both, is not something you hand off.
This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.
Task comparison
IS WORK OVER?
Air traffic controller
17%
AI can already do 17% of this job.
#618 / 663
View rankingAir traffic controller
Where the time goes
Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.
The time saving for each task is estimated separately.
| Task | Share | AI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
Plan sequences and read traffic forecasts.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 32% | +5.8 |
Strips, tickets and inter-unit coordination.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Tactical control of aircraft on frequency.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 22% | 6% | +1.3 |
Resolve conflicts, radio failures and weather.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 10% | +1.6 |
Train and supervise a controller under instruction.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 12% | +1.7 |
Reports, incidents and shift fatigue.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 15% | +2.1 |
| Total | 100% | 17% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- Plan sequences and read traffic forecasts
- Tactical control of aircraft on frequency
- Reports, incidents and shift fatigue
- controlador aereo
- air traffic
- atc
- torre de control
Sources for this job· O*NET 53-2021.00· ESCO/ISCO 3154
IS WORK OVER?
Transplant coordinator
22%
#336 / 663
View rankingTransplant coordinator
Where the time goes
Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.
The time saving for each task is estimated separately.
| Task | Share | AI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
Alert, the donor and the protocol.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 40% | +6.4 |
ICU, brain death and the one who doubts.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 14% | +2.5 |
Family, three in the morning and not pushing.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Logistics, the retrieval team and the plane.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Theatre, the ischaemia time and not losing the organ.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 18% | +3.2 |
Talk to the family, and not pushing.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 12% | +1.9 |
| Total | 100% | 22% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- donors
- brain death
- family consent
- retrieval teams
- ischaemia time
- ICU
- organ logistics
- not push
Sources for this job· O*NET 29-1141.00· ESCO/ISCO 2269