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Originally Posted by Dispatch1  I just retired from the military and have a couple more weeks left in class then I take the Dispatcher exam.
Was wondering about pay and who all is hiring Dispatchers.
I worked in flight operations in the military I have 16 years experience. I worked in a flight service station and was the only person on duty through the day.
I am curious if there are any differences between military Dispatchers and civilian Dispatchers.
I was the only one on duty through the day so I had to do the weather briefings, flight plans, flight following, crew hours, aircraft maintenance hours, to mention a few.
just wondering where to start as a civilian with experience and if any companies would recognize my experience. |
Experience doesn't mean a thing when it comes to working as a dispatcher. You are going to start at the lowest pay ($12.00 - 14.00 per hour), get completely retrained once hired and then maybe see $35k/year after about 5 years. My recommendation to you is to look at corporate gigs, NetJets, Jeppesen, Avantair, etc. The regionals are the only 121 carriers hiring dispatcher fresh out of school. I was in your shoes when I got out of the military and had to take a fairly large paycut as a civilian. The Army is hiring civilian dispatchers in Tampa. federalgovernmentjobs.com or indeed.com.