Transportation occupations

Air traffic controllers are persons who operate the air traffic control system to expedite and maintain a safe and orderly flow of air traffic and help prevent mid-air collisions. They apply separation rules to keep each aircraft apart from others in their area of responsibility and move all aircraft efficiently through 'their' airspace and on to the next. ...more on Wikipedia about "Air traffic controller"

Aircrew members may include pilots, flight attendants, flight engineers, navigators, Taccos, signallers, observers, (air) gunners, weapons specialists, loadmasters and various electronics system operators depending on the age during which the aircraft operated and the type of operations. General aviation aircraft may have only a pilot. Large passenger jets may have 10 or more flight attendants and at least two pilots. Military aircraft have at least one and possibly as many as 70 crew. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aircrew member"

Anabasii, in antiquity, were couriers who travelled on horseback or in chariots, quickly bringing messages and commands from elsewhere. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anabasii"

An astronaut, cosmonaut ( Russian: космона́вт), spationaut or taikonaut (taikongren, 太空人) is a person who travels into space, or who makes a career of doing so. The criteria for determining who has achieved human spaceflight vary (see edge of space). In the United States, people who travel above an altitude of 50 miles (approximately 80 kilometers) are designated as astronauts. The FAI defines spaceflight as over 100 km (approximately 62 miles). As of October 12, 2005, a total of 448 humans have reached space according to the U.S. definition, 442 people qualify under the FAI definition, while 438 people have reached Earth orbit or beyond. These individuals have spent over 28,000 crew-days (or a cumulative total of 76.7 years) in space including over 100 crew-days of spacewalks. A person who has traveled in space is said to hold astronaut wings. Astronauts from at least 34 countries have gone into space. ...more on Wikipedia about "Astronaut"

Aviators are people who fly aircraft either for pleasure or for a job. The term is normally applied to pilots but it can be applied more broadly, for example to include people such as wing-walkers who regularly take part in an aerobatic display sequence. The term aviatrix is sometimes used of women flyers, reflecting the word's Latin root. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aviator"

In the airline industry, a baggage handler is a person who loads and unloads baggage ( suitcases or luggage), and other cargo (airfreight, mail, counter-to-counter packages) for transport via aircraft. This is an occupation in which the workers are overworked and underpaid. ...more on Wikipedia about "Baggage handler"

A boatswain, often phonetically spelled bosun, is a warrant officer or petty officer in charge of a ship's anchors, cordage, colors, deck crew and the ship's boats. ...more on Wikipedia about "Boatswain" Whatever You're Into, Get Into www.shortopedia.com.

In steam railroading, a fireman or a boiler-man was the designation for someone whose job it was to tend the fire for running the steam engine of a locomotive. This job designation was also used by saw mills and other occupations which used steam engines and required somebody to tend the fire. Often much of the job was hard physical labor, such as shoveling coal into the engine's burner. Steam locomotive firemen were also usually responsible for cleaning the ash and dust from the burner prior to lighting the fire, adding water to the engine's boiler, making sure there is a proper supply of fuel for the engine aboard before starting journeys, starting the fire, raising or banking the fire as appropriate for the amount of power needed along particular parts of the route, and performing other tasks for maintaining the locomotive according to the orders of the locomotive engineer. Some firemen served these duties as a form of apprenticeship, aspiring to be locomotive engineers themselves. ...more on Wikipedia about "Boiler-man"

A brakeman is a trainboard rail transport worker. Historically, the brakeman was the person who would walk the length of a train atop the cars while the train is in motion and turn the brake wheel on each car to apply the train's brakes. A brakeman's duties also included ensuring that the couplings between cars were properly set, lining switches and signalling to the train operators while performing switching operations. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brakeman"

A car attendant is a railroad employee placed in charge of a single coach, sleeping car, or lounge car on a medium-to-long-distance passenger train. Their duties vary according to the type of car, but most typically include managing passenger seat assignments (in order to avoid separating parties of two or more), assisting the conductor with tickets, making announcements, opening and closing doors, assisting passengers with boarding and detraining, monitoring the safe operation of onboard systems, and generally ensuring the safe operation of the car. In addition, sleeping car attendants (formerly called "Pullman porters") typically convert the individual accommodations from "day" mode to "night" mode, rather than leaving that to the passengers, and set out coffee and juice for their passengers each morning. (Sleeping car attendants, however, typically have fewer passengers to serve than coach attendants). Lounge car attendants typically operate food and beverage service, sell souvenirs and other non-food items, operate onboard motion picture service, and keep tables clean. ...more on Wikipedia about "Car attendant"

A chauffeur is someone who drives an automobile as a job. While the term may refer to anyone who drives for a living, it usually implies a driver of a luxury sedan, especially a limousine; those who drive non-luxury cars are simply called "drivers" (as in bus drivers). In some countries, particularly developing nations where a ready supply of labor ensures that even the middle classes can afford domestic staff, the chauffeur is simply called the "driver." ...more on Wikipedia about "Chauffeur"

Chief fireman — is a senior officer of a firefighting crew, the driver of fire car. In imperial Russia he was known as brandmeister (from German Brand - "fire" and Meister - literally "master") and was the police officer, the chief of one of city fire-fighting crews. In modern German fire guard there are also posts of oberbrandmeister (the senior brandmeister) and hauptbrandmeister (chief brandmeister). Conditions of their service in Germany, besides other, include German citizenship or citizenship of EU and the driver's class B license (earlier - class III). ...more on Wikipedia about "Chief fireman"

Chief Mechanical Engineer and Locomotive Superintendent are titles applied by British railway companies to persons in charge of building or maintaining locomotives. Here are some examples: ...more on Wikipedia about "Chief Mechanical Engineer"

The conductor of a train, whether passenger or freight, often referred to as the "captain" or "guard" of the train or "foreman," is the senior employee in charge of that train, responsible for the safe movement of the train. All other crew members, including the engineer or driver are subordinate to the conductor, and work under his or her direction. If the run of a train requires more than a single shift, each shift normally has a separate operating crew, with its own conductor, while onboard service crew members aboard passenger trains normally remain on duty for the entire run, including their assigned meal and sleep breaks. Under some circumstances, bus or other urban mass transit systems may employ conductors; this is particularly common in the case of antique or antique-reproduction streetcars, as such cars are often designed for a crew of two or more. ...more on Wikipedia about "Conductor (transportation)"

A courier is a person or company that delivers packages and mail, often between offices and generally in a shorter timescale than surface mail. In cities, some couriers will ride bicycles or motorbikes but most today use trucks and aircraft. ...more on Wikipedia about "Courier"

The coxswain (pronounced cox-ən; often called the cox) is the person in charge of a boat, particularly its navigation and steering. Most familiarly, the coxswain is the member of a rowing crew who sits in the stern (except in bowloaders) facing the bow, steers the boat, and coordinates the power and rhythm of the rowers. However, the term can be used for the skipper of any small boat. ...more on Wikipedia about "Coxswain"

A dabbawala, ( Hindi: dabba - (Lunch) Box, wala - an appelation for One who carries) sometimes spelled dabbawalla or dabbawallah, is a person in Mumbai (Bombay), India, whose job is carrying and delivering freshly made food from home in lunch boxes to office workers. Tiffin is an old-fashioned English word for a light lunch, and sometimes for the box it is carried in. Dabbawalas are sometimes called tiffin-wallas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dabbawala"

Flight attendants, formerly called sky girls, air hostesses, stewardesses and stewards hold the primary responsibility for the safety and comfort of airline passengers. The role is based on similar jobs on passenger ships, as well as that of car attendants on passenger trains, but has more direct involvement because of the confined quarters and shorter travel times on aircraft. Flight attendants in their collectivity form a cabin crew. ...more on Wikipedia about "Flight attendant"

In aviation, a flight engineer is a member of the aircrew of an aircraft who is responsible for checking the aircraft before and after each flight, and for monitoring aircraft systems during flight. These systems include pressurization, fuel, environmental, hydraulic, and electrical. On some military aircraft (eg. C-20 and C-37 Gulfstream V) the flight engineer will perform a full preflight inspection. In civil operations and some military aircraft the flight engineer sits behind the pilot and co-pilot in the cockpit, facing a side panel of gauges and indicators. In other military aircraft, flight engineers sit between the pilots ( P-3 Orion and C-130H). The flight engineer is the aircraft systems expert onboard and responsible for troubleshooting and suggesting solutions to in-flight emergencies, as well as computing takeoff and landing data. ...more on Wikipedia about "Flight engineer"

Gandy dancer is a slang term for workers who maintained railroads in North America. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gandy dancer"

The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) is a global union federation of transport workers' trade unions, founded in 1896. As of 2005, it has over 600 member organizations in over 140 countries, representing a combined membership of over five million workers. ...more on Wikipedia about "International Transport Workers' Federation"

Lightermen were workers who transferred goods between ships and quays, aboard flat-bottomed barges called lighters. They were one of the most characteristic groups of workers in London's docks during the heyday of the Port of London, but their trade was eventually rendered largely obsolete by changes in shipping technology. They were closely associated with the watermen, who carried passengers, and had their own livery company called the Company of Watermen and Lightermen. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lightermen"

A milkman is a person — tradtionally male — who delivers milk in milk bottles or cartons. Milkman deliveries frequently occur in the morning and it is not uncommon for milkmen to deliver dairy products other than milk like egg nog, cream and even yoghurt or butter. The term "milkman" is used to refer to either a man or woman working as a milk delivery agent. ...more on Wikipedia about "Milkman"

Pizza delivery is the act of bringing a pizza to the customer in the most efficient manner possible. A number of variables that factor into this include the quality of the vehicle, map knowledge, driving skills, route planning, and customer management on the part of the delivery-person. Pizza delivery also presents potential hazards to those individuals, ranging from practical jokes to robbery and murder. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pizza delivery"

A railroad engineer or train driver is a person who operates a railroad locomotive. While the engineer's duties include controlling the motion of the train and locomotive, the conductor is usually the person with the ultimate responsibility for the conduct and safety of train operations. ...more on Wikipedia about "Railroad engineer" It must be www.shortopedia.com. shortopedia

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