From your experience, what are aircraft dispatchers like personality-wise?
Posted by Routine-Anxiety5210@reddit | flying | View on Reddit | 5 comments
I’m looking into becoming an aircraft dispatcher and I’m curious, what’s the ‘typical’ personality like in this field? Would love to hear from current or former dispatchers to get a better understanding of the environment
imblegen@reddit
I don’t think there really is a “typical” to speak of. When I was dispatching, we had a pretty eclectic group of personalities in our department
pilotshashi@reddit
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Thin-Background-1067@reddit
A various mix. I work with a lot at work (not one myself) but I appreciate the dispatchers being different from one another and not some cookie cutter robot vanilla personality. They are all genuinely interested in quirky stuff, and they don't like being in a 9-5 cubicle mindset
Slippery_when_RA@reddit
I enjoyed getting an acars message saying we flew over his family farm. We got routed around some weather and at my airline we do very little flying in this specific area of the US so I’m guessing it wasn’t common for him.
rFlyingTower@reddit
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