I agree, centralised load sheet systems are a complete waste of time.
The issue is that it allows the handling companies to stop employing 'real dispatchers' and start to take on lower paid 'gate agents'.
This is not a good step in our industry !!
I recently had a small head-to-head with a gate agent in AMS (one of the worst in Europe), and it transpired that she did not now what Zulu Time/GMT even meant ...
The company I work for is currently implementing Electronic Flight Bag.
All we need form dispatch is how many pax and how many bags in each hold.
We (the crew) can then generate the load sheet in 0 seconds flat. It is transmitted wirelessly back to base, so we can close doors and foxtrot oscar immediately without even handing off paperwork !! I CAN'T WAIT
