Hi fcit
thanks for your response to my post
On the whole I agree with what you say, however you really ought to see the depth of content of the course.
As an example, R/T phraseology has 40 pages of communications procedure between pilot and Tower/Radar and Area Radar !! Nothing I am ever going to use. This is only one example.
You would have to agree, this is not something as a dispatcher I'm ever likely to require. I agree a basic knowledge of phonetics and procedure is required, especially in HF comms, but this depth is unbelieveable.
The topics covered I agree, are required as a basis, but to ATPL standard, I'm not so sure. A friend of mine is an FAA dispatcher and he did cover all the topics in this GCNS course, but not to the same depth. I am led to believe that an FAA dispatchers course is six weeks (240 hours at 40 hours per week). Module one of this course is 255 hours study. Modules 2 and 3 are yet to be released. This gives you some indication of how deep they have gone. IMHO a little too far.
Thanks again for you comments, look forward to any other views.
regards
FG