That has no bearing on a case like this. This is something that happens to people of all experience levels. There really is not that big of a difference between domestic dispatching at a regional and at a major. If someone struggles at a major with domestic dispatching then they will also struggle at a regional. Dispatching domestically may be slightly easier given how most equipment and routes are nowhere near as weight and balance critical as at the regionals. Workload is also much lighter than compared to the regionals.
Where the difference comes is throwing a new hire internal without dispatching experience straight into Europe, Pacific or deep South America dispatching. You could get away with doing that with dispatchers with regional or supplemental experience but dispatchers without experience need time on domestic to get used to dispatching before moving on to more complex operations.
- And the place to get largely domestic, let alone primary dx experience is at a regional...
Some of the best dispatchers I know are people hired internally without experience. The only reason that some on here dont like the internals being hired without experience is the thought that they didnt properly pay their dues. It has nothing to do with being a better or safer dispatcher.
-It's a dues based business. May be easy to waive off if your sitting pretty at the top, but for those working to get there and seeing others move there, sometimes with less experience, only drives the desire for "dues based" to be part of the experience/hiring process at larger airlines. I've said it before and I will say it again, pilots don't reach the majors by walking in with just 1500 hours. They same should and needs to apply to dispatch as well.
Fedex hires mostly internals, Southwest used to hire mostly internals and still does hire a bunch, and almost every major hires a bunch of internals without experience dispatching. Some work out and others do not. Its no different than dispatchers with experience. Some work out a majors and others do not.
- Last time I checked FedEx expects your to chuck boxes for them and have some dispatch experience before given consideration for a dx position.
Having prior dispatch experience simply makes things easier for you if you learned and knew how to dispatch at your previous jobs. It does not make you an inherently safer or better dispatcher than an internal hired without experience.
- Your argument makes no sense. If the regs are the same and if a dispatcher can apply the basics at one place, they can do so at another. Same goes for a understanding of safety in dispatch as the fundamental is the same from place to place. The issue is a good response to the flight planning tools.
If there are internals hired by Delta without experience that shouldnt be dispatching there, that is the fault of Delta management and the people who give comp checks that signed them off to dispatch. It should not be a reflection on the practice of hiring dispatchers without experience. A proper training program will weed out both internals and externals who are not up to the task of dispatching.
-I will agree with you on this one.
