Whether they're watching a plane soar overhead or they're on a flight themselves, young people love imagining themselves as the pilot in the cockpit of an airplane! In this motivating book, written for newly independent readers, budding aviators will learn more about this career and its important duties through at-level text, key vocabulary terms, and close picture-text correlation. The high-interest volume invites readers to consider their own career ambitions and suggests how to prepare today for a high-flying career tomorrow.