In terms of GoJet using Lido software im sure we all remember the UPS flight that crashed in BHM which caused the spotlight to be shifted to dispatch about how WX info was missing from the flight plan and more recently the Compass Airlines snafu with the feds over the Mexico WX missing info. With the Lido software is that issue being addressed or is it still incumbent on the dispatcher to pretty much spam the flight crew with the wx info hoping to god that it gets sent?
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By "in" crowd do you mean management or do you mean the top 10 on the seniority list?
A-9er
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We didn't have issues with the WX attaching to the release. However, LIDO IS slow to update the METARs & TAFs; it can be 15-20 minutes behind at times. That is to say that when a METAR or TAF is updated, LIDO doesn't always show it right away; hence, other sources must be used, e.g. Fusion or aviationweather.gov.
What we DID have issues with was the TLR attaching to the release. When that happened, it was a PITA; the flight essentially needed to be rebuilt from scratch when that happened.
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I guess the best way to put it is the power structure and those who are plugged in to the same. Who are the popular kids? Who's in good with the right people? Position on the seniority list has nothing to do with it.
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Compass flights in question were prior to LIDO. They were dispatched with SABRE.
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Most of the DXers and sups are great; there's no question about that. There was a sup working mornings who was especially helpful and proactive. He helped me do my one and only 17347 (aka 3585) flight. If I were busy, he'd take care of a crucial phone call for me, stuff like that. Much of the time, I didn't even have to ask him; he seemed to know just when to step in, and how much to help when he did. He'd give you that extra little bit of help to get through a rough spot, then step aside. He was great! I'll MISS that guy, big time. Most of the DXers were good too; they were helpful. One DXer working the morning shift was a FOUNT of knowledge, someone I would always ask for help, guidance, or clarification with anything. He was the one DXer I wanted to emulate more than any other.
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Well obviously if it's on the 3rd floor it wouldn't be an underground bunker....only thing I don't like about their OCC is the damn floor shakes anytime someone walks
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Especially if that someone is on the heavy side...
Ok so if the Lido software has extreamly delayed updates on wx and notams doesn't that seem like a major problem? Like if you were in charge of buying flight planning software and had to choose between sabre and lido and knew from other airlines that lido has a major issue with disseminating updated information with notams would you still buy it? It seems to put more work on the dispatchers by making them go to the faa site every time to get notams instead of just looking in lido and praying to the luftansa gods that the notams are updated.
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BINGO!! You nailed it right there. TSH simply didn't want to pay the money for SABRE-end of story.
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Well, you do have other sources for WX that update in a more timely manner; you can use Fusion or aviationweather.gov, to make a decision WRT alternates, etc. Usually, by the time you send the release, the WX will have updated. If not, you can use one of the aforementioned sources, copy the METAR or TAF, and paste it into the release if you have to. G7 flies out of a couple of smaller airports out west that don't HAVE TAFs, so you copy from another source and paste it into the remarks. That is why you ALWAYS check the date/time stamp at the beginning of the METAR or TAF.
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