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Thanks for the info, looks like the package deals beat any other prices I can find by going direct.....seems things are busy also at this time of the year in DXB!
Sorry if I have confused you, but dispatchers downunder usually hold a minimum qualification of Commercial Pilot level, or at least the subjects as well as instrument theory papers. As we do not have a licence such as the FAA Dispatchers licence this then becomes the standard with flight Planning and Meteorology papers upto ATPL level.
We dont do load sheets, most of the work involved is flight plan production and etops flight watch, which I thought would be a big asset with Emirates as most of their fleet are twins!
We are payed well compared to our Northern hemisphere partners but only because a dispatchers role is different in the UK, yet we are payed not so good compared to our US friends at United for similiar duties!
(a Green card would be nice!)
I am hoping that such positions exist with Emirates???