Maybe more grief but certainly not more responsibility
More responsibility?? Oh yes it does! A check in agent has the responsibility of a fine if they let a passport go through which is not accepted abroad.... Or a check in error...Or a baggage error.... which the DISPATCHER has to sort out... Or even a crew meal error.. god forbid! Biggest delay going!
Who ends up in court if an a/c goes down?? Dispatcher is one.....
Would you go fly without that signature??
Chesty... Don't think a dispatcher is just there to pass you figures and sort your problems out for you.... There's so much more to it.... Perhaps pilots need the equivalent to a 'fam flight' on the ground to see what these people really do day in day out!