Flight Dispatcher - Located in Birmingham, AL

Responsibilities

• Safe, legal and timely planning of all flight legs.
• Considers all legal requirements, such as duty and flight time limitations, in creating the flight plans and itinerary.
• Verifies all available fuel payment options in order to maximize profitability.
• Maintains/renew operating permits.
• Process and ensure compliance with all TSA employee and passenger vetting requirements.
• Research international locations as needed.
• Builds the trip flight packets presented to the captains and reviews the details specific to the individual flights.
• Checks performance information for arrivals and departures when high altitude and temperatures may cause limitations.
• Supplies all customs documents to crew and coordinates all customs activities with the arriving port officers.
• Checks trip manifests against the latest TSA eSecure system information.
• Monitors weather conditions both en route and at each of the planned stops for acceptability as the trips progress.
• Reserves and briefs flight crew on logistical requirements such as airline reservations and hotels on flights requiring more than one flight crew.
• Secures all over flight and operating permissions.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Skilled in reading and writing English.
• Capacity to communicate clearly on the radio and telephone.
• Able to record, transmit, and report information accurately.
• Able to efficiently utilize all equipment assigned to him or her.
• Manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Possess good typing skills with speed and accuracy necessary to efficiently process emergency and nonemergency calls.
• Ability to understand basic computer applications.

Qualifications

• Aircraft dispatch experience (Part 121 or Part 135 preferred).
• Foreign language skills preferred.
• ForeFlight Application experience preferred.

Benefits

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off. For more information, please visit our careers site benefits page.