Hi Folks,
just to bring something up here.
In the forming stage of EASA at cologne (2003-2004), they did an airline survey to see if there was instant/future need to recognize or set up some rules and regulations for OPS Staff/FOO`s/Dispatcher.
They did that survey in a most unproffesional way.
The final conclusion of this survey showed up that most Airlines/Corp Buz Jet Companies disagreed that there is a need for EASA to regulate in this question.
Furthermore the list of companies which took part at this survey showed,that there were only 2 or 3 Major Airlines and many many smaller or very small charters or corp jet companies.
No one from the Big carriers like Air France,Swiss (at this time still at their own),Austrian,KLM,Scandinavian,Iberia,Lufthansa,Cargolux,Con dor,LTU,TUI Fly,Britannia (at this time also still on their own) or other.
EASA came to the final conclusion that no regulation for OPS personal is needed and they did not set up any goal to finish for us.......
I hope this stupid thinking will end someday and they can tell us something different.Safety is not only a Pilots thing......
Many of your Posts are so right.
Best regards