Aircraft Dispatcher

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.