Flight Dispatch: Where is the value?
Ok, this is a very general question and on face value it may even offend some, this is not my intent.
I'm looking for different views on the subject.
To even things out for the rest of the world I'm going to ask that those of you who hold some form of Joint Authority/Responsibility to imagine that you can only advise flight crew and that they can ignore you with complete support of the operator and regulator.
So to reiterate, this discussion is to assume that the Flight Dispatcher does not exercise any form of Operational Control.
So what's left?
What value do flight dispatchers bring to your system?
What products/services do they produce?
Can you or do you measure their performance? if so how?