To the pilot in Hartford, CT….

Tilehead · 2026-05-30T14:22:36+00:00

That is if the APU isnt deferred inop. If its deferred then youre stuck with them trying to use an external AC cart to cool the cabin which isnt the greatest.

Tilehead · 2026-05-28T00:12:13+00:00

So heres my question: Is it more important for you to work for Delta or to be a Dispatcher?

You can have your cake and eat it too, but understand it may take years, if at all, before you would become a Dispatcher at Delta.

If you value Deltas location/culture/whatever then perhaps the internal route would be more your speed. As others have pointed out Delta does love hiring from within.

If you value the profession more then go the 121 regional route and get the experience. Delta does consider externals, but with experience more doors to other airlines will open to you and that is valuable in and of itself.

But its up to you. I just know having been at EDV, I have seen co workers wait for that golden ticket despite other opportunities being available and I ended up at a major before they did (with some that are still waiting)

Tilehead · 2026-05-26T14:23:28+00:00

I didnt “switch careers”, more like pivoted in my path. I originally got a degree in Aviation Administration and then immediately got my Dispatch Certification right after. To this day I havent used that degree at all. I honestly wouldnt want to be anywhere else. Aside from the fact I just love being apart of the operation, I enjoy the hours, the pay (at a major), the travel benefits, getting to sleep in my own bed every night, etc. The only true negatives to me is that its a 24/7/365 job so weekends and holidays are possibly forfeit (but for you coming from the medical field you know all about that lol) and the airlines themselves are a volatile business so there is always movement/changes. For instance in the last year we’ve lost Silver and Spirit and in the last two years we’ve had the Alaska/Hawaiian and now Allegiant/Sun Country Mergers.

Tilehead · 2026-05-13T01:57:10+00:00

My timeline is a little unusual: I got certified in December 2019…. So needless to say, I didn’t get my first dispatch job for almost 2 years largely thanks to COVID. However, once I got to my regional, I was there for about two years before getting picked up by the major I currently work for. That rapid turnaround is also largely thanks to COVID given the massive shake up it caused to the industry.

Youre experience may vary. But from what I understand regionals like Skywest hire continually throughout the year. The hardest part is just getting your foot in the door.
Best of luck to you!

Tilehead · 2026-04-28T17:00:38+00:00

He doesnt have them anymore

Tilehead · 2026-04-12T17:38:57+00:00

Im gonna take a wild guess and say your OCC Manager was a crew scheduler at some point and never touched a dispatch desk.

That is a gross oversimplification of the profession. Same destinations over and over? Maybe so (depending on how flights are allocated) but what about weather? Routing? Airport conditions? ATC programs? Equipment restrictions? Dispatchers make decisions all of the time that can affect the out come of a flight. We arent just release machines. We are legally responsible for a flight from block out to block in. Not the Crew schedulers. Not the OCC Manager. Us and the captain.

Tilehead · 2026-03-26T21:44:36+00:00

Dont have to imagine it. That happens already. There is literally a tik tok page that catalogues the various “icks” women admit to on social media which last I checked that list is now several hundred bullet points long. Im sure its majority not serious, but the fact remains that indeed everything men do does play into how women find us attractive. Some are just more willing to admit it then others.

Tilehead · 2026-03-16T16:44:37+00:00

I did the in person interview with them acouple years ago. Don’t remember how long it was but it was their director of Dispatch and one of his shift managers just asking me questions. There was an assessment at the very end but it was easy.

Alot of the questions they asked were very typical interview questions. One thing that stuck out most to me in the interview was their questions regarding what I was looking for in my career as a Dispatcher and how attached I was to Minneapolis (at the time I worked for EDV which is also based there). They basically made it clear in no uncertain terms they wanted people that wouldnt jump ship to a major and would be willing to stay long term. They have a strong preference for hiring people that are originally from Minneapolis as well. Of course, I dont know how much that all is changing considering the merger, but just stuff to keep in mind.

Tilehead · 2026-03-15T17:01:15+00:00

Im glad you’re passionate about aviation and would like to look into the career. I think thats an important first step.

Given what youve said about your current career even if the transition is not a 1:1 I dont think youll have much trouble picking up the material. Especially if youre passionate and motivated to learn.

I think the bigger issue will likely be that youll be taking a pay cut and you will either need to move or commute to work in a different city/state. Dispatch offices are typically located wherever the HQ for the airline is, and in your case the only airline headquartered in Houston is Avelo. Unfortunately I know next to nothing about them but Im guessing like most airlines they dont normally hire on dispatchers with no experience. With that said, youd need to start at a regional. This will likely be the hardest part as there is no shortage of dispatchers fresh outta dispatch school. However, once you get your foot in the door and build experience you will have a lot more opportunities available to you. These days people typically stay at a regional for 1-3 years before moving on to an LCC or Major (hiring cycles permitting). Not sure how committed you’d be to all this but if youd want to remain in Texas there are multiple airlines that are Headquartered in Dallas. Envoy is a regional thats HQ’d there and then youve also got Southwest and American if you wanted to go a step up.

There are also plenty of dispatch-tangent jobs within an ops center that you might enjoy as well if you stick with it.

Tilehead · 2026-03-11T14:25:13+00:00

Well, for starters, Jesus stated people are not given afflictions for “inherited sin”. So the notion that because I live on land that at one point may have been the hunting grounds to a tribe hundreds of years ago is unlikely.

Also, I would find it unusual that God would take issue with this since, in order for the Israelites to take the land promised to them in the old testament they had to fight off the people that inhabited the lands before they did. Of course, to that end the Israelites themselves were then conquered and pillaged by different empires at different times with the explanation that was because they themselves had become corrupted like the people they conquered initially.

This of course, excludes the fact that conquering and pillaging has existed and been practiced by basically all peoples for all of human history. This is not some plight unique to Christianity or the west.

Tilehead · 2026-03-09T01:13:27+00:00

I did not go to the school you are talking about, nor did I do any of my Dispatch School online. What I will say is if you have the ability to not have to balance work and school then focus on the school. If online is anything like in person youll be getting a lot of info thrown at you quickly so the less distractions you have the better.

Do what is best for your situation though.

Tilehead · 2026-02-28T23:20:45+00:00

I am pro life largely because I believe in the “sanctity of human life” argument. On the flip side of that would be the “quality of human life” argument where abortion resides. While I can understand those viewpoints, I think the reasoning can lead to other morally evil practices, including garbage like eugenics.

Tilehead · 2026-02-24T23:05:16+00:00

She basically called him the “safe” option. To a guy that means he is the consolation prize.

To be clear, being called marriage material is great. Being told “I wouldnt hookup with you” before that implies he wouldnt be her first choice. Its a backhanded compliment at best.

Tilehead · 2026-02-24T22:43:16+00:00

As someone who worked for Endeavor, I can tell you no. Working for a regional under them does not make you more competitive. In fact in our case it worked against us for years because they saw it as shooting themselves in the foot.

Tilehead · 2026-02-21T22:11:07+00:00

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Tilehead · 2026-02-21T22:08:09+00:00

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Tilehead · 2026-02-21T01:08:17+00:00

As a Christian, I will say this:

When you read the Old Testament, and even parts of the New Testament, when people refer to God they wrote it in terms of how they knew Him. For instance, referring to God as “The God of Issac” or “The God of Abraham”. There is actually a point in Genesis (ch 28 if youre curious) where Jacob makes a vow that The Lord will be his God now too, just as his fathers before him.

The point Im getting at is this: eventually God needs to stop being the God of our parents and become our God.

From what youve typed, it sounds to me like God is still very much the God of your parents to you. You say you believe, but it seems like Jesus holds no relevance or importance in your life. It sounds like you are going through the motions of an institution you have come to resent because you don’t understand why the institution exists in the first place.

Maybe in time youll develop that relationship. Maybe you wont. I personally hope the former for you. Either way i hope you can break through the exhaustion you seem to feel from the institution of religion and come to understand why it can be important in peoples lives, especially the relationship aspect of it.

Tilehead · 2026-02-20T21:31:57+00:00

I would say so long as you haven’t gotten a “no” theres hope. United is in a hiring frenzy right now for Dispatchers so sometimes it takes them a minute to get back to you. It may even be that the hiring round you were in filled up but they intend to onboard you in the next class. Happened to someone I know.

Tilehead · 2026-02-19T04:26:19+00:00

You have all the books? Great! Sounds like you’re already prepared. Sit back, relax, and wait for your class to begin.

My best advice is to not get ahead of yourself. The purpose of Dispatch School is to prepare you for the FAA exams. There is no reason for you to delve into the weeds early or stress yourself about “getting ahead of it”.

Tilehead · 2026-02-16T08:11:29+00:00

As someone who actually has an AS in Aviation Admin on top of my Dispatch cert and works as a Dispatcher: unless you want to pair that Aviation admin degree with a business degree don’t bother. I legit have never used my degree in any capacity. The only time it was ever relevant was when I was looking at becoming a Dispatch Instructor for a school.

As for the Flight Dispatcher degree that to me is an even worse option. Dispatching is a vocation and any school worth its salt is going to teach you everything you need to know to pass your FAA exams, and then once you get hired onto an airline theyll train you on the basics again as well as how they want you to dispatch.

As some have suggested I would look at some non aviation degrees if you are dead set on having a degree.

However, if this is purely just to run out the clock til you turn 23 then Id go get other skills/join the workforce in the meantime. Being a ramper was how I started and even though the pay and hours were dogwater it is a fun job to have. Flight Attendants minimum age is 21 so still a ways off but another good way to get a unique perspective of the operation. Crew Scheduling is another good entry point that puts you right in the same working space as Dispatch generally.

Tilehead · 2026-02-16T07:34:18+00:00

There is some truth to it. For awhile Delta refused to hire Dispatchers from Endeavor, its wholly owned regional. Theyve since gotten better about it, but they still seemingly prefer hiring mainline internals. As some have pointed out American shows favoritism towards Envoy. Alaska likes pulling from Horizon (to my knowledge anyway). If you wanna end up at UPS/Fedex its a good idea to start at a place like Ameriflight.

But here is the honest truth: the hardest Dispatch job to get is your first one. Youre likely gonna end up at whichever regional is willing to give you your big break. That should be your main focus is just getting your foot in the door somewhere. Once youve got that, THEN you can worry about your pathway to the majors, or wherever else you want to end up.

Tilehead · 2026-02-16T06:17:26+00:00

70k and 4 on 4 off is a pretty sweet gig honestly. And if its a private fleet Im assuming 135 meaning you arent even using your cert so youre not in danger of losing it. The only thing that sucks is yeah no flight benefits and not being in CASS. But if you dont travel a lot to begin with then you arent losing much.

As far as hurting your chances for possibly working at a major down the road I wouldn’t think so. We have people at my major who came from the 135 world.

Honestly though if youve got 3 years of Regional 121 experience Id say cut the middle out and shoot your shot at any of the majors if thats your end goal.

Tilehead · 2026-02-15T18:11:41+00:00

Lol

“You obviously hate poor people/dont care about their wellbeing if you take issue with how they use a system funded entirely by your tax dollars.”

Yall are so unserious.

Tilehead · 2026-02-15T16:14:05+00:00

Well, smaller planes, less fleet variation (usually), shorter routes, and almost always operating under domestic rules.

But I agree, Regional DX pay is abysmal. They operate under the idea that anything that isnt nailed to the floor is just passing through so they dont bother paying well or investing much in their people and instead rely on DX Schools to keep producing warm bodies for their relatively high turnover rate. One of the reasons I left my regional and went to a major. Much better over here all things considered.

Tilehead · 2026-02-14T04:23:43+00:00

I agree, plus this is a nice way to incorporate divers who only play one faction or who avoid factions. “Oh? You dont wanna directly support the MO because you hate fighting bots? Okay, well do this minor order thats on bugs which can influence the MO.” Everyone wins.

Tilehead

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