The purpose of this course is to train new Aircraft Dispatchers, with no previous aviation experience, to the professional standard required by the Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority (RCAA). Upon successful completion of the course and exam, the students will receive their flight dispatcher licenses issued by the RCAA.
During this course, the student will go from having no aviation knowledge to an aviation professional ready to be employed. Some of the subjects that will be covered during the ten-week course are Introduction to Flight Dispatch; Meteorology and Aero-medical Factors; Navigation, Aerodynamics; Weight and Balance; Performance; Air Traffic Control; Emergency situations; Communication; Flight Planning; Dispatch Resource Management; Flight and Duty Computation and Regulation; ETOPS / EROPS Flight Planning Consideration and Regulation; Advanced Performance Calculation.
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The Aircraft Dispatcher can be described in other words as “the Airline Captain on ground”; his job is one of the most respected and best paying positions in the aviation industry.
The Airline Captain and Dispatcher are held jointly responsible for the safety of the flight; together they enable the aircraft to arrive at its destination on schedule with the maximum payload and at the lowest operating cost. The Aircraft Dispatcher considers en-route and destination weather, winds aloft, alternate destinations, fuel required, optimal altitudes, and traffic flow. He maintains a constant watch on all flights dispatched and is responsible in joint agreement with the airline captain for flight planning, route and altitude selection, fuel load requirements, aircraft legality and complying with the local and international regulations. The Aircraft Dispatcher also must ride periodically in the cockpit with the flight crew to observe flight routes, conditions, and airports.
It is the responsibility of the Dispatcher to delay or cancel a flight when necessary and to make any other operational decisions necessary to ensure the safety of the flight. The Dispatcher has always been a very important individual in the operation of an airline and will certainly continue to be so in the future.
Upon completion of the course, many Job opportunities such as Flight Dispatcher, Assistant Flight Dispatcher, Flight Operations Officers, Operational Assistants, Ground Dispatch Controller and Station Manager await the formed professionals. Both commercial airlines, such as RwandAir and private aviation charter operators, such as Akagera, employ professional Aircraft Dispatchers. Furthermore, regulatory bodies, such as RCAA, also hire Aircraft Dispatchers to oversee aircraft operators throughout their jurisdiction.
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