squawk7800
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Maybe I am behind the curve here.....what is FlightKeys? Also is USA Jets a new carrier?
Dispatcher Hiring Spreadsheet
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squawk7800
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nvm I did a google search on USA Jet
Usajet has been around for a bit. I know you googled it but for those considering working there. I wouldn't recommend it. Had a couple buddies work there. Work environment wasn't the friendliest and your time is better spent at a regional or ULCC getting your first time experience
Also, it's in Detroit/Ypsilanti, not the greatest or safest place to be. Look elsewhere
Pancake
Person experiencing illiteracy
Flight Keys is a newer flight planning software being adopted by a handful of US carriers. American is in middle of deploying, Southwest is still in testing/development, and Jet Blue is somewhere in the early stages. There’s been some pretty substantial teething issues with the rollout at AA (ETOPS redispatch, airspace restriction, calculation delays, and more), but they’re trudging on ahead.
It makes a lot of the same efficiency promises that Lufthansa made with Lido, which did very poorly in the US.
Burrito
Position And Hold My Beer
Kalitta Air/Kalitta Charters is right up the road at YIP, and while the area does take some good time for research regarding safety, I would say Connie has their affairs coming into order as they grow. Every shop has its neglected areas, but Ann Arbor before you get too westerly and collegiate is a very lovely town. Don't be from Ohio around there.
Reminds me of the horror stories I heard on here and from others who used Lido about freezing issues and random updates that made the whole program lock up for minutes at a time.
Kalitta Air is the only airline out the bunch that is worth working for and moving to
I Like IKE
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Don't be from Ohio anywhere. (I can say that. I'm from Ohio.)
BobaGotBack
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Surprised to hear that about Lido. As someone who uses it everyday it has been incredibly helpful to our operation. Especially compared to Sabre.
gopherdx
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Contrary to popular opinion, I love FPM. Or maybe I just became really really used to it.
flynryan692
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This hurt me to read. Aren't you B6? They're on an incredibly old version (and it's SaaS, too), that's even more painful. Hey, different strokes for different folks I guess!
gopherdx
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Yes, I am. And like I said, it’s definitely not the popular opinion on the floor. The majority liked DM much more but I actually have grown to really like FPM. Sure, it’s slow and cumbersome at times, but I like it.
So, just to provide a few updates on this spreadsheet:
- I should be able to provide approximately weekly full updates, plus smaller updates for individual openings I notice/am notified about, as time allows. As some shops will only open hiring for less than a week, this means I may miss some stuff, so please continue to submit anything you hear about.
- I have added links to the Wikipedia page and the careers page for each airline. This should make it easier to double-check my work, and to do some cursory research on an airline. I snuck these links into the IATA/ICAO codes to avoid adding any additional columns, so it still fits neatly onto a 1080p monitor.
- I have added comments about dispatch-adjacent jobs (mostly in management) to all applicable airlines, and will keep these updated as well. Currently, my rule is that these have to require or suggest dispatch experience to go on the spreadsheet.
My future plans currently include:
- I intend to add a section at the bottom with the pros and cons of working at each type of operation. I would love opinions here as this is something that really will need to be crowdsourced to be complete - no one person can work at every operation and know everything for themselves.
- I will be adding a section at the bottom with interview resources. Again here, I'm looking for resources specific to dispatching (anyone can google "how to interview good"), so while I have a couple links bookmarked, it's not really a full list, and I'd love some suggestions.
- If anyone has any tips for dispatch interviews that are not part of any resource I can link, I would appreciate having those as well; I may simply put together a list of crowdsourced tips if there aren't many resources to link to.
TL;DR: I want to generalize this sheet a little more now, and turn it into a one-stop shop to answer the question "How do I get hired as a dispatcher?" - but I'm gonna need a little help to make it happen.
- I should be able to provide approximately weekly full updates, plus smaller updates for individual openings I notice/am notified about, as time allows. As some shops will only open hiring for less than a week, this means I may miss some stuff, so please continue to submit anything you hear about.
- I have added links to the Wikipedia page and the careers page for each airline. This should make it easier to double-check my work, and to do some cursory research on an airline. I snuck these links into the IATA/ICAO codes to avoid adding any additional columns, so it still fits neatly onto a 1080p monitor.
- I have added comments about dispatch-adjacent jobs (mostly in management) to all applicable airlines, and will keep these updated as well. Currently, my rule is that these have to require or suggest dispatch experience to go on the spreadsheet.
My future plans currently include:
- I intend to add a section at the bottom with the pros and cons of working at each type of operation. I would love opinions here as this is something that really will need to be crowdsourced to be complete - no one person can work at every operation and know everything for themselves.
- I will be adding a section at the bottom with interview resources. Again here, I'm looking for resources specific to dispatching (anyone can google "how to interview good"), so while I have a couple links bookmarked, it's not really a full list, and I'd love some suggestions.
- If anyone has any tips for dispatch interviews that are not part of any resource I can link, I would appreciate having those as well; I may simply put together a list of crowdsourced tips if there aren't many resources to link to.
TL;DR: I want to generalize this sheet a little more now, and turn it into a one-stop shop to answer the question "How do I get hired as a dispatcher?" - but I'm gonna need a little help to make it happen.
One suggestion I have is to add a column with the city where the airlines' SOC is located as that could be useful when considering where to apply. Other than that, I see a lot of them not hiring. I thought now was supposed to be a good time to get into dispatch though?
This spreadsheet is really meant to complement the dispatcher pay spreadsheet, and the expectation is that you will use both. That one already has SOC locations for most of the airlines on here, and for the ones it's missing, there's really not much information on SOC locations. It's still something I might consider for the future, but realistically, I would need a LOT more feedback than I have gotten up to this point to get a reliable location for a good chunk of these 135s. I do log the feedback I get, so if you know where an obscure shop is located, please do send that in and I can file it away for possible future use.
Regarding applications, yes, most airlines only open for a short period of time. Some only for a week. Airlines hire batches, or "classes", of new hires, which means they usually don't keep applications open year-round. At the moment it's kind of a quiet period where a lot of airlines have recently opened, and it will take some time for them to be ready to welcome another class. However, United alone is short hundreds of dispatchers, which singlehandedly ensures that hiring will continue at regionals and ULCCs over the next year-plus, as that will be primarily where United is pulling new hires from.
Is the hiring sheet being updated any longer? Thx.