Got the call - Dispatch!

[nwadc10]

Fantastic, congrats Joseph!

[Jason Thompson]

Well Done Joseph, What will you be doing?

[mattch49]

I'll be working as a dispatcher.

[1691]

Today at 10:50AM I got the green light from HR... I will start training in Purchase, NY on the 6th of March.

Welcome to NY. I live 10 mins from there...if you need anything let me know.

[PKlijnstra]

Congrats Joseph

[Firefighter18]

Congratulations! all the best man... I am really happy for you!

[AmundRe]

Today at 10:50AM I got the green light from HR... I will start training in Purchase, NY on the 6th of March.

Training starts Monday. Are you excited or nervous?

[mattch49]

So far so good!

A lot of information to take in, but I'm doing well and even shadowing a friend on the night shift, last night I was in our GCC "Global Command Center" for 6 hours, watching him do his thing.

[AmundRe]

So far so good!

A lot of information to take in, but I'm doing well and even shadowing a friend on the night shift, last night I was in our GCC "Global Command Center" for 6 hours, watching him do his thing.

So in addition to being our Director of HR, you're going to be lead dispatcher as well right?

[mattch49]

Oh no, not Dir. of HR - Jason still takes that one!

I'm just helping do a bit of recruitment and getting a good active pilot base

[GTI1643]

Hi Joseph,

Coincidentally I am also thinking about doing the Dispatcher course at Sheffield this year. How would you describe the job so far? You mentioned its a lot of info, but what is the stress level like?

[mattch49]

It can be stressful at times, you'll need to be good at task management and prioritizing. If you don't mind putting in the 2-3 years at a regional to get to mainline or a bigger company, it can be very rewarding - and the benefits are awesome (cockpit jumpseat on many diff carriers!).

[esurfman]

Any hope to be able to buy Atlas and Polar stuff...t-shirts, patches etc... That would be really cool; by the way congrats on your new position.