Good Points
Tubby. Good points. I also don't understand why the dispatcher did not speak directly to the crew at any time.
Back in the "old days" we actually talked things over and agreed to things.
He was fairly new at UPS, but a very experienced dispatcher from Atlas.
UPS dispatch provides the flight paperwork one hour before departure for domestic and 1 1/2 hours before departure for international in a briefing area. There is no personal contact with dispatchers. Keep in mind that there is a significant number of flights departing Louisville within just a few hours. It would be impossible for a dispatcher to give a face to face brief to every crew. If anything, the paperwork is overly cluttered with details not directly relevant to the flight, at least it was before I retired.