Flight Dispatcher Job
Next summer, I retire from the US Air Force after 21 years service. I have been flying as an FE (instructor/examiner) for 16 years, accumulating somewhere around 5000 hours (I stopped counting after they stopped giving a free set of tumblers with every 1000 hours). In August, I'm off to sunny Fort Lauderdale to get my FAA Flight Dispatchers licence, ETOPS and Advanced International Flight Plannning courses. By Christmas 2000, I will have finished a BSc in Aeronautics (Aviation Safety) with Embry-Riddle (currently maintaining a 3.91/4.00 grade point average)and I'm hoping all of that will translate into, "Why, yes Mr Nelson. We'd love to employ you as a Flight Dispatcher/Flight Operations Officer at our UK based airline!" You see, I left the UK in 1980 to join the French Foreign Legion and somehow ended up in the USAF recruiters office at Mildenhall. Anyway, I'd like to come home now and I promise to behave. Can anyone steer me in the right direction? How do I get started? I sincerely appreciate your help .