Aviator
Prospective aviators were trained from the age of seven with the Aerial Corps, with the eventual goal of becoming captain to a dragon. Aviators became captains only if, given the opportunity, a hatchling dragon allowed him or her to place the dragon in a harness. Once done, duty tied aviator and dragon together forever. As a result, aviators lived an odd existence outside the traditional bounds of society, although youth of good families were often given to the corps for training.
Because of their long training and dedication, aviators did not welcome the prospect of anyone outside the corps attempting to harness a dragon, as William Laurence does in His Majesty's Dragon.
Both men and women were aviators; some dragon species only allowed women to harness them.
