Its all very well saying that the money is not good around the patch, but how many dispatchers (Red caps) are good at the job and are worth paying good salaries?
Too many dispatchers winge and crumble that all managers are bad and that the companies do not know what they are doing, but they spend the turn time chatting up the gate agents or getting the coffee from the front galley.
Dispatch is a good job and can make a massive difference if done correctly. Add to this the skill of manual loadsheets (escpecially on combies etc) and it is really satisfying, even for an 0500 start!
And, how many actually work a full shift? Full of peaks and quiet times, possibly too quiet as this is when most of the winging is done.
Look at your position? Is it actually needed or could a good pax gate manager do the job as well as pulling boarding cards? Thats when companies will make savings and is reality!
About time some of you grow up and if you dont like your job, then get out and stop dragging the better ones down!
UP THE LIONS.....
