Nearest Alternate
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McKinsey & Company have been sitting with dispatchers and have come to the conclusion that they (dispatch) could do more with less....at least that is what their recommendation will be.
AA dispatcher layoffs?
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I’m sorry. In another life I worked for a public accounting firm with a large process improvement consulting practice. The firm made a good deal of money implementing fixes after companies tried implementing McKinsey’s recommendations. M & Co seemed to be proficient at making process-related recommendations that don’t work out.
I heard the opposite. That they have found that they need to staff for bad weather days after learning the immense work that dispatchers do.
This was last night. Not sure where your getting your info from.
Management will most likely ignore this information and continue to do what they do any of they cut heads it will be for middle management, like they've done previously.
Mach82
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How has any Office Space quotes not made it yet?
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Flagship_dxer
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The McKinsey analysts are referred to as the “Bobs” by AA dispatchers.
Shock-Diamonds
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Flagship_dxer
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The last two AA furloughs were hire until they furloughed. There were probies and dispatchers in training both times. I am not saying furloughs will happen now but if the company decided they needed fewer dispatchers, the fact they just hired would not stop them from doing so.
BayouMLU
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This is the exact opposite of what has been observed. Multiple mentions of overlapping layers of management has been noted, however.
GroundPilot
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It always makes us feel great getting good feedback from flight crews on here, through ACARS, on the phone, etc. Definitely a morale booster
Bananabusdx
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Don’t forget them thank you points expire at the end of the month. New bank starts April 1. Send em before ya loose em.
LetsGoMorty
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Hey Fry, It would appear that your meme says it all. But I wonder, what is a "good" dispatcher? Really. I see guys leave behind horrible mistakes, oversights, and just plain lazy remarks and yet I hear them called "good, great, knowledgable". Personally, I dont want to be know as a "good dispatcher". No sir. In fact, I dont want to be known at all.
CFIT99
I'm probably commenting ironically...
the good ones are all in with anticipation while not needing to prompted( of course there that’s not always the case)
-Extra fuel when needed
-adding an alternate
-quick MEL updates to releases
- preemptive course updates,l
- updates throughout the flight mainly with weather and while holding
Most do this, but for the ones that don’t, it’s just one extra headache on maybe an awful day.
You’d be amazed how many times we don’t know why a certain Flight level or route was chosen, simple things like a sentence explaining why does wonders!( again most do)
Pepwave1
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half of that is flight following...
iono
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and not everyone does this, as he pointed out in his post. while at my former regional, it was admittedly a little hard to effectively flight follow every flight as the workload was quite high. but at my major, there's really no excuse. you can really keep yourself (and the crew) out of the red by staying proactive. some will never learn this, or they're just lazy
Flagship_dxer
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I dont understand why you would want quick MEL amendments. MELs issues comprise a sizable percentage of AA dispatch ASAPs. Being hurried by maintenance to approve MELs and for amended releases by pilots is a big reason why MELs do not get properly applied. Getting it right is much more important than getting it done fast.
If you dont understand your altitude or route plan then you need to call the dispatcher. Dont sign a release you dont understand.
