from what i understand . . . these guys all have dispatcher licenses, and apparently these jobs are extremely competitive. I've heard that way back in the day, it was perhaps an on the job training, now to get in, one must, most likely, like most other things, is have formal experience. I knew a guy who was a ramper, left, went to a dispatch job at a regional, came back to the ramp. served a year or more, and then, finally landed his FX job dispatchin A/C. I was under the impression that they were indeed just as much on the line as the crew. They get to do famflights, which i thought was mandatory . . .