Response to EM
I fully understand your comments and responsibilities but I sincerely hope that you are not indicating that I should get out more or that I dont know the difference between Flight Despatch,Ground Ops, Ramp Despatch etc etc.
A movement controller is the highest position in the operations department who operates under the Operations Manager. His responsibility covers all departments during his minumum of 12 hour shifts (that in my case extended sometimes between 18-24 in exceptional circumstances. His responsibility covers Flight Despatch/Flight Watch, Ground Ops, Ramp Coordination and sometimes Traffic & Cargo. It depends on the airline concerned and what positions are covered and really there is no set standard. Like the difference between low cost airlines and main line airlines such as BA
His responsibility covers everything imaginable including out of hours duty executive for the entire airline and out stations.
I really dont want to get involved in this agenda but just wanted to express my thoughts just in case someone was hinting that it was I that should get out more or keep in touch with the differences between the various departments.