The FAA making aviation safer one meaningless lawyer at a time

[manniax]

I feel like the annual jumpseat requirement is valuable...and it's yet another argument against contracting out dispatch to a third party (although the push for that seems to be largely dead right now.)

 

[QXDX]

I feel like the annual jumpseat requirement is valuable...and it's yet another argument against contracting out dispatch to a third party (although the push for that seems to be largely dead right now.)

A couple of friends of mine worked at third-party dispatch services provider in Canada. They were required to do fam flights with every carrier they serviced.

 

[Sandydfw]

I agree.
Being able to take the jumpseat on a full flight.

 

[Hondo Calrissian]

Crew Schedulers probably need to do jumpseat obs more than dispatchers do so they can actually understand 117 and what fatiguing pairings look like

Depending on what your GOM says, there would be nothing preventing this from happening as long as you have a letter from the DO saying the can ride up front. I know our manager of safety does a FAM ride with a letter from the DO.

This may prove to be beneficial

 

[Delta Echo]

They are also making MQ do limited overwater jumpseats every even year. It's gonna be a great time getting our dispatchers to MIA lol

Is this FAA or company directives?

 

[Delta Echo]

I don’t know about doing away with it altogether but after a certain number of years, maybe decrease the frequency?

Most airlines already allow for the reduction in JS hours.

 

[Pancake]

Is this FAA or company directives?

Last I’d heard it was FAA directed. MQ doesn’t really do limited overwater flying out of DFW, so the company will be on the hook for flying people out to MIA for the observations.

 

[Delta Echo]

Last I’d heard it was FAA directed. MQ doesn’t really do limited overwater flying out of DFW, so the company will be on the hook for flying people out to MIA for the observations.

Thanks for clarifying. Outside the required hours in type, I am not aware of any other FAA mandated FAM ride stipulations; the ones I know of where operator implemented.