FAA Memo About Process to DFH - Dispatch From Home

Green12324 said:
That's the Dispatcher's job. These programs are just fancy calculators.
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Since at the end you are reviewing it for accuracy anyway you might as well not buy the auto alternate determination feature of the program. If anything Lido should just automate a list of possible legal alternates you can use given WX and other factors such as the ALT MINIMUMS NA NOTAM. It’s possible this NOTAM is published more often due to the FAA putting approach VOR repairs on the backburner amid covid 19.

Interesting thing about ALT MINS NA - the reason why ALTERNATE MINIMUMS NA is issued when XXX VOR goes unmonitored is that the VOR is used for the approaches at that airport usually the missed approach segment.
 
A1TAPE said:
Since at the end you are reviewing it for accuracy anyway you might as well not buy the auto alternate determination feature of the program. If anything Lido should just automate a list of possible legal alternates you can use given WX and other factors such as the ALT MINIMUMS NA NOTAM. It’s possible this NOTAM is published more often due to the FAA putting approach VOR repairs on the backburner amid covid 19.

Interesting thing about ALT MINS NA - the reason why ALTERNATE MINIMUMS NA is issued when XXX VOR goes unmonitored is that the VOR is used for the approaches at that airport usually the missed approach segment.
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Then you realize you have rnav approaches and the inop vor means squat for you.
 
Heliman81 said:
Then you realize you have rnav approaches and the inop vor means squat for you.
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A1TAPE said:
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Not necessarily. Depends on what the specific FDC notam says. Take a look at PBI’s Alt Mins NA FDC NOTAM. It says “ILS or LOC RWY 10L ILS or LOC RWY 28R Alternate Minimums NA” reason given was PBI Vortac unmonitored.

Says nothing about GPS. Therefore as long as weather and A/C equip requirements are met you could list PBI as an alternate (alt mins higher but derived from the GPS approach) with the “Alt Mins NA” notam and you would be perfectly leeguel.

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Yeah, but the meme just said “Alt Mins NA” so if the whole airport has that, and not just one approach like in your example....

That’s all I was saying.
 
Something that will make you feel even more like a boss is when you comb through the ALT MINS N/A NOTAM and find one ILS approach (and is not listed in ALT MINS N/A column) that uses a different VOR for the missed approach and you can therefore use that ground based approach for your alternate minimus. It’s pretty rare, but it happens on occasion.
 
QXDX said:
I think the Dispatcher job as we know it will not exist in the future. Technology has advanced to the point where the job can be done by a pilot with a tablet and an app. The only obstacle is regulatory, and it looks like that wall is starting to crumble. I wouldn't count on support from pilots or pilot unions. My experience has shown that they don't care who does the release, as long as they have one. The ones I know would just as soon do their own flight planning anyway

The economic carnage of the last month, plus the fear of getting sick will result in less people flying, at least in the short term (2 -3 years). Consider also that the Coronavirus lock-down has shown the world a new way to work; one which does not require people traveling.

Just my opinion, but if you're banking on a long career of pumping out releases, you might want to start considering alternatives.

I think airlines will still need operational control professionals. but the job description will change.

I guess we'll see.
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So as a pilot, I can plan a domestic flight, check wx, notams, etc. What I have no idea how to do is get an overflight permit, a landing slot, a slot on the tracks, how to file the one route that euro control wants for that city pair that you'll never actually fly(they just reject your flight plan if it's not how they want it from what I understand).
DE727UPS said:
I don't know if anyone is old enough to remember the old FAA flight service stations. They were kind of a dispatch related function for light aircraft back until maybe the early 90's. They filed flight plans, provided weather info, took pilot reports, ect. They were all over the country. We had one in little ole Wenatchee, WA (KEAT) and I could walk right in there and get a flight briefing from an FAA employee, a flight service specialist. Well, the FAA sold it out to a private contractor and for all intents and purposes the whole thing has been replaced by better technology. A light aircraft guy can get the same info and accomplish the same things online now.
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They still exist, as in you can walk in and talk to them. I use them all the time in GA. Northway even has snacks.
 
QXDX said:
Here's something that I think @manniax made mention of it earlier in the thread. It could be that, with the continued push towards aircraft automation and single-pilot flight decks, that Dispatchers take on more of a role. Now there's a thought.
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I have been saying this for quite some time, even earlier in this thread. When I first put this idea out there sometime last year on this forum everyone said it would never happen. Single pilot cockpits with a super dispatcher will be the future.
 
JPilot9 said:
If that was the case, what do you think would change for dispatchers? For pilots? And for customers?
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Cargo would have to operate with a single pilot for years before pax flights would even think about it. Dispatchers would have just a few flights to plan and watch at a time but would have to be drone certified. Pilots would be reduced to 1 pilot for 8 hour flights and 2 for long hauls with the dispatcher covering for bathroom breaks, etc.
 
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