Also called: IFE Content Manager
Picks the movies, shows, and music that play on airplanes.
An in-flight entertainment programmer watches new releases, licenses movies and shows for an airline, and builds next month's menu while checking for scenes that should be edited for airplanes.
Approximate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. A bachelor's in media, film or communications, then a couple of years as a content coordinator at an airline or in-flight content company.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Film Studies, Communications.
Growing about average. Small niche.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI recommendation tools and streaming to phones cut curated in-flight programming work.
Classes: Business, Film studies or media, Marketing, Geography.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1199.
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