About This Role
This role involves collaborating with pilots to ensure safe and reliable flight operations, directly impacting on-time departures and flight completion. The Aircraft Dispatcher ensures customers reach their destinations safely and on time.
Responsibilities
- Prepare the Dispatch Release considering weather planning, fuel planning, aircraft airworthiness, and routing strategy for all aircraft under operational control
- Maintain flight and weather records in accordance with Federal Air regulations and other data deemed necessary by the Company
- Monitor the progress of, and issue the necessary information for, the safety of each flight under operational control
- Provide adequate assistance to crews and outstations in planning and expediting each flight under control
- Consistently monitor factors (i.e., weather, air traffic control, maintenance, etc.) which may affect the outcome of the flight
- Remain acutely aware of passenger loads and overall passenger service when flight planning, taking into consideration Federal Air Regulations and prudent safety practices
- Coordinate flight activities (routine and non-routine) with various agencies and Company personnel involved in the operation of a flight under control
- Respond to accidents/incidents by initiating notification and properly documenting all information
- Assist the Dispatch Supervisor and Manager of Systems Control in maintaining the Flight Control Center with regard to equipment, procedures, and other operations and duties deemed necessary
- Responsible for the Company's Security and Safety Management System (SMS) and associated Safety Risk Management and Safety Assurance outputs
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent
- FAA Dispatch License
- Must be able to speak, read and write in English
- If hired, must be able to demonstrate that you are authorized to work in the U.S.
Nice to have:
- Up to one year of previous Aviation experience
Important Details
- Delegation: In absence, responsibilities delegated to Manager of Operations Control Center
- Supervisory Responsibility: This is not a supervisory position
- Schedule: Operational Control Center is open from 5 a.m. to 12 a.m., 7 days a week; must be willing to work holidays, weekends and evenings
- Physical Demands: Regularly required to talk or hear; largely a sedentary role; frequently required to stand, walk, climb up and down stairs, lift weight up to 25 lbs, use hands to handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms
Extra Sections
Security Clearance
