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10-23-2019 | 01:27 PM

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rickair7777

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Originally Posted by Stratosphere

Actually senior dispatchers at quite a few of the majors are well into 6 figures more like 150k+ a year. Pretty good return on investment considering it takes only 200 hrs to obtain an ADX most of which you can even do online. But like you said very few players in that group but if you can get to the top of a major at some point it's a pretty good gig.

Try to get hired somewhere which has a good ratio of licensed to non-licensed dispatchers. Otherwise you're just an installed scapegoat for all of the random cats who are dispatching on your license, that you're probably too busy to supervise adequately.

10-23-2019 | 02:52 PM

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Twin Wasp

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Originally Posted by Beta Ranger

Is there a short-cut for an ATP certificate holder to obtain their Dispatch certificate? I thought there was in the past, but it looks like the rules may have changed recently.

AC 65-34 is a bit vague

FAR 65.57

You can do the whole thing on your own if you want. The written is about the same as the ATP written. (Why dispatchers need to know how to enter a hold is beyond me.) There are a few extra questions about dispatcher duty times. The hard part is the practical test. You’ll have two hours to generate a flight release by hand for a 737. Many of the part 65 dispatcher schools have a short course of a week or two for pilots just to prepare you for the practical exam. They’ll require you you to have passed the written on your own. The normal off the street classes are 200 hours.

11-02-2019 | 06:22 AM

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[QUOTE=Twin Wasp;2911380]FAR 65.57

You can do the whole thing on your own if you want. The written is about the same as the ATP written. (Why dispatchers need to know how to enter a hold is beyond me.) There are a few extra questions about dispatcher duty times. The hard part is the practical test. You’ll have two hours to generate a flight release by hand for a 737. Many of the part 65 dispatcher schools have a short course of a week or two for pilots just to prepare you for the practical exam. They’ll require you you to have passed the written on your own. The normal off the street classes are 200 hours.[/QUOTE

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