Passenger Attendants
The short answer
This job is less likely to change much. Most of the work is the kind AI can't help with. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 510 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second least exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. Most of what it involves isn't the kind of work AI can take over.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about a quarter of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second least exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.
What AI can and can’t help with in this job
This job is in the second least exposed fifth of New York jobs for AI exposure. The tasks below show why: most of what it involves is work AI can't simply take over.
AI can help with or automate about 33% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Provide customers with information on routes, gates, prices, timetables, terminals, or concourses.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Respond to passengers' questions, requests, or complaints.
AI could do much of this on its own
Greet passengers boarding transportation equipment and announce routes and stops.
AI could do much of this on its own
Count and verify tickets and seat reservations and record numbers of passengers boarding and disembarking.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Secure passengers for transportation by buckling seatbelts or fastening wheelchairs with tie-down straps.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Perform equipment safety checks prior to departure.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Provide boarding assistance to elderly, sick, or injured people.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Explain and demonstrate safety procedures and safety equipment use.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Open and close doors for passengers.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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