Nosig
I think we need a tete a tete, I'm not sure how many contributers to this forum there are with our experience of FAR and FAA dispatch, we need a get together with all of them.
The reasons, as I see it, for regulated dispatch/operations control in Europe are complex and need to be fully exposed and documented to form part of convincing case. Here's a few to start with
1) Hapag Lloyd A310
2) Avianca B707 JFK
3) FAR 121. ? (memory fails me) domestic carrier or domestic sector fuel reserves burn plus 45 minutes (no alternate fuel) providing wx forecast at destination 2hr prior and 1hr after planned arrival is vis 3 miles cb 2000 ft. I haven't got the book and its a long time since I did it, you may wish to correct me. However if JAA adopted this principle on the basis that a flight following system of qualified ground based personnel must be in force, think of the fuel savings for the bucket and spade operators to the Med in summer. A future polution tax on airliners may well sharpen some folks interest in this
