Unfortunately, with regards to a certain Circus handling agent, it would appear to be a company policy to ultimately eradicate the position of Dispatcher which is one of the reasons they have their own Central load control here in Manchester and the Dispatcher is now reduced to nothing more than someone who rips a loadsheet of the printer and passes to the Cpt.
Dispatch here in Manchester is now classed as a part of passenger services and is run by people who have no concept of the job or its responsibilities
We only have 2 airlines left - SN Brussels and Swiss, where the old position of Dispatching still exist where you're in charge of the load control functions and only because the airlines themselves insist on it.
As for pay, well, pro-rata, we're the lowest paid in the company and of all the other handling agents and as Bigbluebroxi points out, it's a fact acknowledge by our own manager but as usual your constantly reminded that you're lucky to have a job, let alone a pay rise !!!
As for myself, well, the next time a Captain puts in an official complaint because his late running fully loaded aircraft wasn't turned around in 20mins and seeks to blame myself, I just include a copy of my wage slip with the report - makes it all feel worthwhile
- all the responsibility and none of the authority !!