Figby
The Bitterest Dx'er
I have a question for the dispatch hivemind here. I was looking at FAA airman statistics, and the FAA says there's 17,325 of us floating around in the US with dispatch ticket as of the end of 2012, with 21,862 certified dispatchers total in the FAA database.
Now considering that, I am virtually certain the number of people who actually work in the field as dispatchers is considerably smaller than that....but just how small? One of the folks here posted once that there's two degrees of separation from you and everyone else in the industry, and that seems to be borne out by my experience working as a dispatcher over the last few years.
So, any thoughts from all you fine folks as to a guesstimate for the number of working dispatchers in the United States?
Now considering that, I am virtually certain the number of people who actually work in the field as dispatchers is considerably smaller than that....but just how small? One of the folks here posted once that there's two degrees of separation from you and everyone else in the industry, and that seems to be borne out by my experience working as a dispatcher over the last few years.
So, any thoughts from all you fine folks as to a guesstimate for the number of working dispatchers in the United States?