Just a little thought about dispatcher Dan. If I am operating out of GCI with DD assisting on the ground and a tech issue means I have to dispatch under MEL. Will DD then be on the phone to the Daily Mail on the lines of 'Pilot deliberately takes off with a known fault on aircraft!'? All from his expert aviation experience. Methinks I might get a different dispatcher
So we critisize the DM for chit journalism then critisize DD for what he supposedly said according to the DM..??
You people make me laff.