pilot: medium-dark skin tone
A person, likely a pilot or flight attendant, with dark skin tone, wearing a uniform associated with aviation. The cross mark (X) or 'no' symbol is often used to indicate cancellation or absence of something, but here it appears to be part of the profession's uniform or a specific aviation symbol. This is a ZWJ sequence for a person in an aviation role.
There are different emoji meanings for pilot: medium-dark skin tone in different cultures:
- Western culture
- Identifies an aviation professional. The 'X' symbol is part of the Unicode character for 'airplane' to signify that it is a person-emoji combined with an airplane symbol, not an 'airplane' crossed out.
- East Asian culture
- Similar interpretation, identifying an aviation professional.