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Did you know that an aircraft dispatcher shares fifty percent of the operational control of a flight with a captain? A career as an aircraft dispatcher can be both rewarding and is not very well known by the traveling public. Today I have with me Mike Karrels who will help us understand the role of a dispatcher and discuss the rewarding and lucrative career of an airline dispatcher.
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Michael and I Discuss Being an Aircraft Dispatcher:
- A Dispatcher:
- Plans all of the flights for an airline and creates a document that tells the flight crew the route of flight, the fuel required and the weather and turbulence that they can expect for the flight.
- Flight crew’s first point of contact if there are any problems.
- Communicate with the pilots while the flight is en-route updating them if any of the conditions have changed.
- Shares 50 percent of the operational control with the captain of the flight.
- Pay And Benefits.
- Licensing and Certification
- From desktop to flight deck.
- http://pafca-ual.org/dispatch/
- MEL
- NOTAM
- ACARS
Pick Of the Week:
Flying in Life: Mike’s podcast about being a dispatcher
Here are some Links to Video’s and articles of different operation centers – Some are a bit like Ad’s:
United Airlines:
Touring the United Airlines Network Operation Center in Chicago
United launches new Network Operations Center
Delta:
This one room in Atlanta acts as a mission control for all of Delta’s planes
This is our video for dispatchers and explains the job
Others:
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