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sm203900 · June 27th, 2007, 22:40

No the dispatch license is not just handed out. We have to pass the ATP just like the pilots, also we have to take a practical exam with an FAA examiner. Think of it like this, it is a dual responsibility for each flight between the captain and dispatcher. If either party sees something that they are uncomfortable with, the flight is a no go. Just because there is weather at a certain fix, it does not mean that the weather was forecast to be there when the flight was dispatched, or when it took off. I had a pop-up thunderstorm yesterday at ORD that an hour prior to the flight that was not forecasted to be there, nor was there any indication on the radar that it may be there at the time of arrival, does this mean that the person that produced the forecast should not be certified by the AMS, no, during the summer it is extremely difficult to forecast where severe storms will be and how they may effect the flight. Furthermore, the Captain has to sign off on the flight, so why is it the pilot accepted such a flight, thing happen and can not always be foreseen.

Before you refer to dispatchers as idiots, you might want to think back in your career and ask have you ever taken off on a route where the weather has closed in on you? Chances are it has happened, should we refer to you as an incompetent pilot? I don't think so. Dispatchers are there to keep our pilots safe, sometimes we can not foresee every issue that will pop up, but neither can the Captain.

June 27th, 2007, 22:40	#3
sm203900 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: somwhere over the rainbow Posts: 98	Re: Idiot Dispatchers . . . No the dispatch license is not just handed out. We have to pass the ATP just like the pilots, also we have to take a practical exam with an FAA examiner. Think of it like this, it is a dual responsibility for each flight between the captain and dispatcher. If either party sees something that they are uncomfortable with, the flight is a no go. Just because there is weather at a certain fix, it does not mean that the weather was forecast to be there when the flight was dispatched, or when it took off. I had a pop-up thunderstorm yesterday at ORD that an hour prior to the flight that was not forecasted to be there, nor was there any indication on the radar that it may be there at the time of arrival, does this mean that the person that produced the forecast should not be certified by the AMS, no, during the summer it is extremely difficult to forecast where severe storms will be and how they may effect the flight. Furthermore, the Captain has to sign off on the flight, so why is it the pilot accepted such a flight, thing happen and can not always be foreseen. Before you refer to dispatchers as idiots, you might want to think back in your career and ask have you ever taken off on a route where the weather has closed in on you? Chances are it has happened, should we refer to you as an incompetent pilot? I don't think so. Dispatchers are there to keep our pilots safe, sometimes we can not foresee every issue that will pop up, but neither can the Captain.