Man pilot: medium-light skin tone Emoji
People
A man with a medium-light skin tone wearing a dark navy or black peaked cap, indicative of a commercial airline pilot. The design includes the characteristic gold piping on the hat band that signifies a flight officer's rank.
Usage Context
Used to discuss air travel, mention a career in aviation, or jokingly refer to someone 'taking the controls' of a situation. It is frequently sent alongside the airplane or airport emojis to signal that the sender is currently flying or heading to a destination.
History
While the pilot emoji was added to Unicode in 2010, the ability to modify skin tones arrived later in 2016. These profession-based emojis were standardized to make mobile communication more inclusive, moving beyond generic character representations to reflect the diverse workforce found in global industries.
Details
Glyph
👨🏼✈
Unicode
U+1F468 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2708
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f468_1f3fc_200d_2708:
HTML Entity
����‍✈
Specifications
Vendor Twitter/X
Category People
Subcategory person-role
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Twemoji Attribution
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
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