Overview
Licensed dispatchers are employed by airlines to manage the ground-based tasks vital to a successful airline flight, including preflight planning and preparation, and weather variations, traffic delays and other information necessary to the crew and other staff. The FAA awards this certificate to graduates of approved programs after successful completion of a written examination and practical test.
About Aircraft Dispatcher at the Daytona Beach
For the student interested in airline flight operations management, Embry-Riddle offers a program to prepare the student for Aircraft Dispatcher certification testing.
The FAA awards the Aircraft Dispatcher Airman Certificate to graduates of the approved program after the successful completion of a standardized written examination and a practical test.
Licensed dispatchers are employed by airlines to manage the ground-based tasks vital to a successful airline flight.
Dispatchers share responsibility with the captain for preflight planning and preparation of the dispatch release, and they are included in the decision loop on equipment failures, weather variations, or traffic delays for monitoring the progress of the flight, issuing safety-of-flight information to the crew, and canceling or re-dispatching the flight.
About Aircraft Dispatcher at the Prescott
For the student interested in airline flight operations management, Embry-Riddle offers a program to prepare the student for Aircraft Dispatcher certification testing.
Upon successful completion of the required curriculum and the FAA Dispatcher Written Examination, the student of the Aircraft Dispatcher program from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will be eligible to take the FAA Dispatcher Practical Test with instructor authorization.
Certificated aircraft dispatchers are employed by airlines to manage the ground-based tasks vital to successful airline operations.
Dispatchers share responsibility with the captain for preflight planning and preparation of the dispatch release, monitoring the progress of the flight, issuing safety-of-flight information to the crew, and canceling or re-dispatching the flight.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Aircraft Performance
- Domestic and International Navigation
- Airline Dispatch Operations
- Air Traffic Basics
- Survey of Meteorology
- Aviation Weather
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Online degree programmes feature multiple start dates throughout the year.
- International applicants must submit the application for admission 90 days prior to the term start date.
Language
Credits
Delivered
Campus Location
- Daytona Beach, United States
- Prescott, United States
Disciplines
Aviation Studies View 3 other Short Courses in Aviation Studies in United StatesWhat students do after studying
Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Complete the application.
- Official high school and/or college transcript or GED scores.
- ACT and/or SAT scores (strongly recommended).
- $50 nonrefundable application fee.
- Additional documents may be required of specific audiences.
- We evaluate applications on a rolling basis. Once all documents have been received, we will notify you of your admission status.