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E6Birdman

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Will someone tell me the job requirements for an airline load planner? Also is this a decent entry level job with an airline that can potentially lead to a dispatcher position?
 
The last AA class had a load planner hired, as too does the Dec 8th class have one. Possible it is.
 
It's pretty rare on the AA side. The position is generally hired internally, and usually from Envoy load planning.

@E6Birdman if you have any questions relating to the job please let me know, I used to work that job on the Envoy side and I have some close friends who do that job for AA.
 
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Hey Birdman,
I know that the airline support service providers hire LPs, and some foreign carriers have their own LPs, I am not sure about US carriers hiring LPs tho.
I see Load Planners at Swissport and Menzies and ASIG. I guess those could be fun. Most, if not all, will ask for a Dx cert.
A friend of mine who works for a very large foreign carrier has jumped back and forth from DX-er to Load Planner a few times. When they need a new location set up and trained they send her in as Load Planner to teach the newbies... When she's back in country, she is SOC manager.
Most of the LP jobs i know of, do a lot of w&b stuff and fuel loading. They usually have direct contact with each flight departing.
And from what I understand those jobs are all AT the airport and not in the ops centre.
Did you see a job ad somewhere?
 
Dispatch_Ken said:
It's pretty rare on the AA side. The position is generally hired internally, and usually from Envoy load planning.

@E6Birdman if you have any questions relating to the job please let me know, I used to work that job on the Envoy side and I have some close friends who do that job for AA.
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Thanks. I'm just trying to think of a way to get an entry position(other than Ramp Agent or CSR) at an airline with the eventual move over to be a dispatcher. I have extensive experience calculating W&B on a Navy variant of the Boeing 707 and thought that doing that job would be a good fit until I had a good opportunity to switch over to the dispatch side. Thoughts?
 
TaxiBack said:
Hey Birdman,
I know that the airline support service providers hire LPs, and some foreign carriers have their own LPs, I am not sure about US carriers hiring LPs tho.
I see Load Planners at Swissport and Menzies and ASIG. I guess those could be fun. Most, if not all, will ask for a Dx cert.
A friend of mine who works for a very large foreign carrier has jumped back and forth from DX-er to Load Planner a few times. When they need a new location set up and trained they send her in as Load Planner to teach the newbies... When she's back in country, she is SOC manager.
Most of the LP jobs i know of, do a lot of w&b stuff and fuel loading. They usually have direct contact with each flight departing.
And from what I understand those jobs are all AT the airport and not in the ops centre.
Did you see a job ad somewhere?
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TaxiBack, no I did not see anything. I am just trying to eventually work my way into a DXer position and thought that LP might be a way to do that, if they are available.
 
At B6 most of the load planners have been hired internally, a lot have from airports and materials positions. It's a better paying job then and airports position and is a great way to become noticed and work your way into Dispatch.

I believe the requirements are fairly relaxed, looking for a year of airport or airline experience.
 
I think it would be fun for a while...A lot better than Crew scheduling...(if you had to choose an alternate route in to Dx)
 
E6Birdman said:
Thanks. I'm just trying to think of a way to get an entry position(other than Ramp Agent or CSR) at an airline with the eventual move over to be a dispatcher. I have extensive experience calculating W&B on a Navy variant of the Boeing 707 and thought that doing that job would be a good fit until I had a good opportunity to switch over to the dispatch side. Thoughts?
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Just stumbled across this

http://www.lynden.com/about/employm...Indeed&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=Indeed
 
At my (major) airline, we do have a centralised load planning department that works in the SOC, and many LPs have gone on to become dispatchers. I have no idea about how they are hired or how much they make though. I think a lot come from the ramp or airport ops.
 
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