What questions should i expect in an interview?

LX015

LX015

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please forgive me if this has been answered in another thread. I'd just like to have a heads up to know what to expect when the time comes. Thanks.
 
In addition to the above I've experienced the following:

How do you prioritize events in the following scenario...

Various scenario questions with hypothetical airplanes on the ground or in the air to see how you think and process information.

Typical strengths and weaknesses...
 
The infamous fuel scenario has been asked to me at all 3 airlines I've dispatched for.

"Captain calls up wanting fuel for a KJAN-KORD flight. It's plus 6 at both airports and the nearest TS is tracking NE at 15kts over ZSNB. He wants 90 minutes hold fuel, what do you tell him...?"
 
Mainline_or_bust said:
The infamous fuel scenario has been asked to me at all 3 airlines I've dispatched for.

"Captain calls up wanting fuel for a KJAN-KORD flight. It's plus 6 at both airports and the nearest TS is tracking NE at 15kts over ZSNB. He wants 90 minutes hold fuel, what do you tell him...?"
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"Your call is very important to us. Please continue to hold; a service professional will be with you shortly."
 
Mainline_or_bust said:
The infamous fuel scenario has been asked to me at all 3 airlines I've dispatched for.
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So, as a newly certificated dispatcher, who has not yet had a chance to interview, (and therefore has never seen this question - famous, infamous, or otherwise), I assume this is a trick question. My initial thoughts:
- ZSNB looks like a China identifier, so it's mainly just to see if you know anything about identifiers, or to just gauge whether you see "thunderstorm" and lose your mind.
- it's only +6, so it's highly unlikely there will be any TS activity anyway. I suppose we don't know the enroute weather, but +6 in Jackson Miss means they're too cold to think straight. It's probably Jan or Feb.

Anything else?
 
METARd said:
The correct answer is You do everything it takes to get those poor people out of Memphis.
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JimAK said:
So, as a newly certificated dispatcher, who has not yet had a chance to interview, (and therefore has never seen this question - famous, infamous, or otherwise), I assume this is a trick question. My initial thoughts:
- ZSNB looks like a China identifier, so it's mainly just to see if you know anything about identifiers, or to just gauge whether you see "thunderstorm" and lose your mind.
- it's only +6, so it's highly unlikely there will be any TS activity anyway. I suppose we don't know the enroute weather, but +6 in Jackson Miss means they're too cold to think straight. It's probably Jan or Feb.

Anything else?
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That specific scenario isn't really a trick question per se. He was just highlighting that there weren't any thunderstorms anywhere near the route of flight and the +6 is more of a visibility thing. Again just pointing out that there isn't any weather at either airport. You could always try to talk the captain out of it but as long as you don't bump payload it is easier to just give them the fuel and shift log it.
 
For serious, I recall hypotheticals being important. Not so much on dispatch theory or practice, but your thought process. For instance, what would you do if the oxygen masks deployed in flight? Keep going or stop? The answer is more complicated than that, but your first instinct is important.
 
bbmikej said:
That specific scenario isn't really a trick question per se. He was just highlighting that there weren't any thunderstorms anywhere near the route of flight and the +6 is more of a visibility thing. Again just pointing out that there isn't any weather at either airport. You could always try to talk the captain out of it but as long as you don't bump payload it is easier to just give them the fuel and shift log it.
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What is meant by a "shift log"?
 
Pilot121 said:
What is meant by a "shift log"?
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In the SABRE system you can create a "Shift Log" which is where you can attach comments about a flight to it in the system that can be whatever you want. In this case it would be explaining why you put 90mins extra fuel on the aircraft.
 
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