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Classic cool: Pilot Being a pilot is an example of a classically cool career. Pilots have status. Little boys grow up wanting to be them. But the amount of cool depends on what type of pilot you are. A Commercial Pilot is a much sought-after career – aspirational, but not particularly unusual.

Very cool: an RAF Pilot Might score extra Cool points. Why? Fewer people have the opportunity to become RAF pilots. The tough training programme and reputation for ‘Top Gun’ adrenalin-charged flying produces extra cool points for many.

Think laterally to find a cool career: A linked very cool career is Air Traffic Controller. It requires quick reflexes and a high degree of skill, as well as a cool, calm character.

Unusually cool: a Seaplane Pilot In the golden age of the 1930s and 1940s, seaplanes complete with smoking lounges and cocktail bars would fly around the British Empire, but they are much rarer nowadays. A new seaplane school has recently been set up in Glasgow but there are likely to be only a handful of seaplanes flying in the whole of the UK in the next five years. The exclusivity of being a seaplane pilot creates an unusually cool classification. (If you want to find out more contact the UK Seaplane Association.)