So do people just think that on a "Status Quo Day" (Wtf even is that) Cargo dispatchers have nothing to do? The issues are different, doesn't mean there aren't issues. I genuinely believe anyone naive enough to make this assumption has never worked cargo. It's a common thing I see on this forum where people somehow equate cargo operations to be less Prestigious or something than pax? It really makes no sense to me.
You guys are right though. Cargo doesn't really care about GDPs, but that's because the majority of the operations are overnight. The things Cargo airlines do contend with that PAX really doesn't though is a pretty long list, but lets just name a few. Every airport in the country (excluding the major cargo hubs) do their runway and facility closures in the middle of the night. CARGO dispatchers frequently dispatch into these airports with their big runways closed, and so they are landing some of the biggest airplanes in the world on some of the smaller runways. Add to this the fact that CARGO planes tend to arrive at their destinations right at dawn when FOG is at it's worse, and now you have a large aircraft (like a B767) planned to land on a 6000' runway that only has a VOR approach and visibility just dropped down to 1/4sm after you depart. I'm not saying this never happens to pax carriers. I'm just saying it is less of a concern for PAX carriers in the same way that turbulence is less of a concern for cargo carriers. This scenario is an extremely common one for cargo carriers. It happens basically every night. Even when there aren't facility closures, they are always arriving right when fog is at its worse.
It's just silly to assume that Cargo somehow has it easy. If you genuinely believe that, it's because you have never worked a cargo operation. Hell working in the middle of the night is one of the biggest challenges cargo faces in of itself. Passenger nor cargo have it easier. They have different issues to contend with, but neither has it easier than the other. The jobs are the same, but different. It's silly to come to any other conclusion.