commander discretion

[popay]

Don Coyote, OK mate please kindly answer me four following questions:
1. When is the flight considered to be dispatched?
2. Until when (what point) does the planning minima for destination; destination alternate and so on as well as fuel planning apply?
3. Would you plan your fuel requirement based on scheduled block time in the time table using performance hand book, in case there's no flight plan?
4. Are you as a commander responsible for adherence to FDP limitations?

Maybe we are speaking about different plannings. I speak about planning done by you as a commander after you have checked in during preparation for the actual flight. Whatever the company has planed before is irrelevant, since you, as commander, from the instant on you have checked in are responsible for absolutely everything happening on that flight, including adherence of the FDP limitations. More even you are obliged to adhere to it conscientious. Its very clear stipulated in the JAR OPS. I don't know how about you guys, but I do have a planning stage during preparation for the flight (checking planing minima, planned fuel, FDP, Notams,MEL list and so on) and in flight stage, starting from moving on its own power (depends on operators definition however). JAR OPS implies that as well, by the way, doesn't it? Anything happening during the planing stage falls into the planing. After the aircraft is considered dispatched in flight rules apply.
Cheers.