Originally Posted by
Round Luggage
Next time try your phone while at the gate it’s not only faster but you can write off part of your phone bill as an expense. The other two items I highly suggest speaking to properly certified mechanics for mechanical irregularities and medical professionals for medical emergencies. Disregard if your specific flight dispatcher is properly certified for these things at UNITED
Let’s unpack your advice. While enroute the only way to talk to MX/medical professionals is via a phone patch with your dispatcher. Also a good CA used their dispatcher as an additional resource. Plus there’s that whole joint responsibility stuff spelled out in the FAR’s.
Yes if I am sitting at the gate I will use my cell phone to contact dispatch. Hate to break it to you but that phone expense is history after the tax reform act unless you play in the gray area.