Originally Posted by
NoAccoutrements
Our Dispatchers are certificated professionals who are also union employees. They don't fly the airplanes, and we don't file the flight plans.
If Yuri can't maintain operational control over the airline then he shouldn't be the VP of FLOPS.
This isn't the only occurrence of the issue in recent history. Don't become Spirit's (unpaid) backup plan when their discount software fails...again.
They are taking advantage of the suckers to make more go happen for less pay.
What about liability to the crewmembers who file the flight plan? If mistakes are made by the pilots, who will oversee the safety of the flight? Dispatch is obviously not overseeing the flights if the crews have to file their own flight plans. I've had a harder time lately getting a response from dispatch while enroute. Filing our own flight plans only serves to expose us to more liability and less oversight. I think the MEC should put out a statement advising pilots against this practice.