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Exactly why the has been a need for clarification/classification for over three decades now before I was involved in the initial formulation of what are the CoG quals.
You may have been involved with the US dispatchers regarding pre dep load/fuel applications, but it's the Flt Dispatcher who has joint responsibility along with the acft commander for the safe conduct of flight within the US legal system. He also is the person who conducts ALL the pre flight/fuel/wx/ERAs/dep & dest alts planning etc, then conducts the flight following untillshut down at dest.
Rather a different function I believe. All European flag carriers operate a similar system, check the LH, KL, AF associations. Even folks such as Jet Avtn & Net Jets operate thusly.
Appreciate your post and feelings, most all of us came up the same way, there was/is no other way in our part of Google Earth.
Cheers.
PS Apologies for a lengthy response, but I could write/have written reams on this subject.
Last edited by merlinxx; 24th April 2007 at 06:59.