Aviation experince - is it mandatory ??

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Ticketing Agent to Flight dispatcher ( WOW long way )

hi there TSRA . Got a the info from DGCA that there are no DGCA authorized training centers in India . I also spoke to a flight dispatcher working in jet airways . He told to his knowledge there are no flight dispatch training in India . He joined the airline as a ticketing agent and he moved up the line it seems . I am 25 years right now . It is hard to accept the fact that after finishing my engineering degree in electrical and electronics and working in dell computer for 2 years, i have to join an airline as a ticketing agent in order to become a flight dispatcher . It seem the aviation industry in India doesn't recruit people directly for ground handling and dispatcher kinda jobs . they go with people working in cargo and other sectors of the aviation industry . This is a real bad news for me
So i think the next logical step would be to try in emirates which atleast has a college which is approved my GCAA govering authority . I did see from many posts that , only UAE nationals are employed there , its not a place for outsiders. But i think opportunities in Dubai would be much better than in india ( Correct me if i am wrong ) ..
I got a email from emirated about the syllabus and details . Have sent the attachement and the mail . Check it out . Do love some advice and opinions guys ..

Dear,
Thank you for your interest in our Training. Please find attached course syllabus and the agreement form which you need to fill up with complete information, and send it back to us. Pls indicate your complete address, contact number, email address and nationality in the form.



Emirates Aviation College in collaboration with Jeppesen Academy offers the Flight Dispatch Course at the college in Dubai. The course is approved by the General Civil Aviation - UAE.

Successful applicants will be issued an initial GCAA (General Civil Aviation Authority – UAE) Dispatcher License. Upon completing on the Job training for 90 working days at recognized Dispatch Centre, we will issue the full license.

The course is, as well, JAA compliant and the syllabus is FAA approved in the United States.

Flight Dispatch

* 3 October - 18 November, 2010

Duration: 7-week course

(Additional 3-5 days) for the oral and practical exam.

Course Fee: US$ 6,815

Oral and Practical (O+P) Examination Fees: US$ 330 cash (to be paid to the examiner during the exam day).

O+P Re-takes: US$ 165

GCAA License Fee: AED 900

EAC Processing Fee: AED 200

Timings: SUN-THU, 8:30am to 4:30pm

Entry Requirements: 21 years old and above

Good command of English

No previous experience required but prior knowledge about the course is an advantage.



We do not give discount. Billing is done by Jeppesen. Bills will be paid directly to Jeppesen Gmbh Account upon receipt of the invoice which will be sent to your email address you provided.

If you need visa and accommodation, you have to inform us at least a month before the course starts.

Regards,

Faten

Syllabus content

Level 2 Flight Operations Management

Syllabus
The six-week Level 2 course will be divided into eight main lessons, plus an introduction. Each lesson presents instructional material, gives students opportunities to apply what they have learned in various exercises, and quizzes students on what they have learned. The following sections provide an overview of the goals of each lesson, outline the topics covered in each lesson, and provide an estimate of the approximate class time to complete each lesson and its exercises is provided. Time estimates do not include time to complete the knowledge or mock practical exams.
Introduction 0.5 hours
This lesson orients the student to the course as a whole and to the expectations for completion. It includes the following topics:
 Syllabus Review
 Attendance Policy
 Grading Criteria
 Homework
 Reading Materials
Federal Aviation Regulations 16 hours
This lesson covers applicable FARs relating to both:
 Airline transport pilot privileges, limitations, and flight operations
 Dispatcher role and responsibilities, limitations and expectations
It includes the following topics:
 FAR Part 1 Definitions and Abbreviations
 FAR Part 13 Investigative and Enforcement Procedures
 FAR Part 25 Airworthiness Standards
 FAR Part 61 Certification: Pilots and Flight Instructors
 FAR Part 65 Certification: Airmen other than Flight Crewmembers
 FAR Part 71 Designation of Federal Airways, Area Low Routes, Controlled Airspace, and Reporting Points
Federal Aviation Regulations (con’t)
 FAR Part 73 Special Use Airspace
 FAR Part 91 General Operating and Flight Rules
 FAR Part 97 Standard Instrument Approach Procedures
 FAR Part 108 Security
 FAR Part 121 Certification and Operations: Domestic, Flag, and Supplemental
 FAR Part 139 Certification and Operations: Land Airports Serving Certain Air Carriers
 FAR Part 175 Hazardous Material Regulations
 NTSB 830 Notification and Reporting of Aircraft Accidents, Incidents, Overdue Aircraft, and Preservation of Aircraft Wreckage, Mail, Cargo, and Records
 General Operating Manual
Meteorology 76 hours
This lesson covers basic weather studies, such as:
 Knowledge and effects of fronts, frontal characteristics, cloud formations, icing, and upper-air data
 General system of weather and NOTAM collection, dissemination, interpretation and use
 Interpretation and use of weather charts, maps, forecasts, sequence reports, abbreviations, and symbols.
 National Weather Service functions as they pertain to operations in the National Airspace System
 Windshear and microburst awareness, identification, and avoidance
 Principles of air navigation under instrument meteorological conditions in the National airspace System
It includes the following topics:
 The earth’s motion and its affect on weather
 Regional weather types, characteristics, and structures
 Maritime
 Continental
 Polar
Meteorology (con’t)
 Tropical
 Local Weather Types, Characteristics, and Structures
 Coastal
 Mountainous
 Island
 Tropical
 Basic Properties of the Atmosphere
 Layers
 Composition
 Density/Pressure
 Units of measure
 Weather systems characteristics
 Temperature effects on weather
 Altimeters
 Pressure gradient force
 Pressure pattern flying weather
 Heat and Temperature
 Wind
 Global wind patterns
 Major wind systems and coriolis force
 Jetstreams and their characteristics
 Local wind and related terms
 Ozone and Solar Heating
 States of Matter
 Solids, liquid, and gases
 Causes of state changes
 Clouds
 Formation
 Condensation
 Precipitation
 Cloud types and families
 Use of cloud knowledge in forecasting
 Fog and Ice
 Types
 Cause and formation
 Hazards to aviation
 Detection and removal
 Stability and Instability
 Temperature lapse rate, convection
Meteorology (con’t)
 Adiabatic processes
 Lifting processes
 Divergence
 Convergence
 Turbulence
 Causes
 Low level windshear
 Mountain waves
 Thunderstorms
 Clear Air Turbulence
 Determination of smooth level of flight
 Hazards to aviation
 Detection equipment
 Air masses
 Classification
 Flying conditions to be encountered
 Use of air mass knowledge in forecasting
 Fronts
 Structure and characteristics
 Symbology
 Cloud sequence in fronts
 Establishing position of front by cloud type
 Fronts in north America and seasonal variations
 Flying weather in fronts
 Cyclones, anticyclones, and squall lines
 Storm systems
 Thunderstorms
 Tornadoes
 Hurricanes and typhoons
 Microbursts
 Structure and complexity of internal winds
 Hail, its cause and formation
 Causes, formation, and dissipation
 Hazards to aviation
 Detection equipment
 Interpreting weather data
 Aviation weather service programs
 Weather sequences, symbols, and decoding
 Weather map symbols and decoding
 Drawing a weather map
 Reading a weather map
Meteorology (con’t)

 Upper level charts
 Adiabatic charts
 Winds aloft charts
 Instruments used to gather and record the weather
 Weather forecasting
 Extrapolation
 Movement of fronts and air masses
 Barometric tendency
 Isobars, isotachs, isotherms
 Weather Related Aircraft Hazards
 Crosswinds and gusts
 Contaminated runways
 Restrictions to surface visibility
 Turbulence and windshear
 Icing
 Thunderstorms and microbursts
 Volcanic ash
 Application of weather knowledge
 Planning a flight
Navigation 32 hours
This lesson teaches principles of air navigation under IMC conditions in the NAS. It ensures that students have adequate knowledge of applicable navigation instruments.
It includes the following topics:
 Study of the Earth
 Mercater projections
 Gnomonic projections
 Lambert projections
 Polyconic projections
 Dead reckoning
 Magnetic variation, compass deviation
 Terms, winds, and vectors
 Correction angle
Navigation (con’t)
 Findings wind drift off course
 Off course problems
 Wind velocity by single and double drift
 Interception problems
 Radius of action – problems
 Search problems
 Computer use – problems
 Types of Navigation
 Class 1 and 2
 Types of Navaids
 Self contained
 Ground facilities
 Combination
 Radio Navigation
 Principle of the radio range, radio compass, direction finder, marker beacons, ILS, CAA, radio altimeter, Loran, and others
 Navigational Instruments
 Altimeter, airspeed indicator, compass, drift, rate of climb indicator, and others
 Errors associated with radio navigation and navigational instruments
 Chart reading
 Symbols, landmarks, etc
Aircraft 28 hours
This lesson teaches aircraft loading, weight and balance, use of charts, graphs, tables, formulas, and computations and their effect on aircraft performance. It also discusses aerodynamics relating to an aircraft’s flight characteristics and performance in normal and abnormal flight regimes. It ensures that students have an adequate knowledge of:
 applicable aircraft flight instruments and systems, and their operating characteristics
Aircraft (con’t)
 aircraft systems and components
 normal, abnormal, and emergency operating procedures
 use of correct terminology
 operating handbook or flight manual with regard to flight instruments, navigation instruments and avionics systems, aircraft systems, minimum equipment list, and operations specifications as appropriate.
 performance limitations
It includes the following topics:
 Basic Aerodynamics
 Lift, weight, thrust, drag
 Roll, yaw causes and characteristics
 Aircraft controls
 Airspeeds
 Engine specifications - powerplant
 Operating limits
 Fuel consumption
 Accessories
 Operating manual
 Airplane specifications
 Operational equipment
 Flight controls, landing gear hydraulic system, electrical system, fuel capacity, heating and ventilation system, de-icing equipment, and others
 Weight and balance
 Center of gravity
 How determined
 Center of gravity limits
 Loading characteristics
 Problems in loading
 Performance
 Effect of weight, wind, air density, and runway surfaces on aircraft performance
 Power setting and cockpit procedure
 Types of cruise control
 Performance charts
 Take-off distance, landing distance, accelerate-stop distance
 Climb, cruise, and descent charts
 Holding, single-engine performance charts
 Terrain clearance/drift down
Communications 8 hours
This lesson teaches crew resource management, including crew communication and coordination. It includes the following topics:
 Radio-telephone rules and regulations
 FCC rules and regulations
 Company communications
 Air to ground radio communications and procedures
 Point to point communications and procedures
 Equipment air to ground and point to point
 FAA communications
 Air to ground radio communications and procedures
 Point to point communications and procedures
 Equipment air to ground and point to point
Air Traffic Control 24 hours
This lesson teaches air traffic control procedures and pilot responsibilities as they relate to enroute operations, terminal area and radar operations, and instrument departure and approach procedures. It includes the following topics:
 Air route traffic control procedures and equipment
 Airport traffic control procedures and equipment
 Various ATC agencies
 Airport familiarization
 Airport lighting
 Airport markings
 Airport facility directory
 Airspace
 Notams
Emergency and Abnormal Procedures 8 hours
This lesson teaches roles and responsibilities in emergency situations. It includes the following topics:
 Security measures on the ground
 Security measures in the air
 FAA responsibility and service
 Collection and dissemination of information
 Means of declaring an emergency
 Responsibility for declaring an emergency
 Required reporting of an emergency
 NTSB reporting requirements
Practical Dispatching 30 hours
This lesson teaches practical applications of the knowledge taught in the previous lessons. It helps prepare students for the FAA Practical Test.
It includes the following topics:
 Human Factors
 Decision Making
 Human Error
 Teamwork
 Preflight
 Safety
 Economic advantage
 Airport selection and legality/field conditions
 Crew legality
 Notams/pireps
 Route selection and distance
 Horizontal and vertical extent of the weather
 Forecast weather and winds aloft
 Minimum safe altitude
 Altitude selection
 Flight plan/alternate plan
 Clearances – company and air traffic control
 Fuel determination
 Loading consideration
 Departure time
 In-flight
 Position report
Practical Dispatching (con’t)

 Altimeter settings
 Weather reports
 Weather change
 Changing instrument altitude
 Additional clearances/re-release
 Emergency procedures/communication
 Post flight
 Arrival report
 Differences between forecast and actual/pireps
 Maintenance considerations

Entry requirements
A good command of English and either completion of Level 1 course or passing grade of 80% on knowledge test provided by Jeppesen Academy

Course length 6 Weeks
Training Methods
• Classroom Lessons
• Classroom Lectures
• Practical Exercises
Participants
24 ( maximum )
Language
English