Aircraft Dispatcher

Etihad Airways

Manage turnaround activities of all flights in coordination with various stakeholders, government departments and service providers, ensuring regulatory compliance with the target of expediting safe flight departures, ensuring OTP, and providing exceptional customer service.

Accountabilities

• Being aware of aircraft details, schedule, expected guest loads, baggage and cargo loads.
• Brief all stakeholders involved in the flight arrival and departure (gate staff, crew, ramp staff etc).
• Manage the flight departure process, by leading EY and 3rd party agent teams with a positive can do' attitude that inspires those around them whilst pre-empting and reacting to any anticipated issues or delays and subsequently cascading information to all staff so that guests and operational departments are kept informed of any changes.
• Accountable for operational and last minute changes that affect the turnaround, such as the offloading of cargo, guests and/or their baggage to ensure that the Etihad flight load planning in order that the Loading Instruction Report (LIR) and final Loadsheet are 100% accurate and delivered in a timely manner.
• effective tactical decision making.
• Allocate delay codes and timings for any off schedule departures in collaboration with schedule failures so that accurate trends can be assessed for future service level improvements.
• Report turnaround events post departure in a professional and thorough manner, reaching balanced conclusions on accountability for delays and lapses in operational performance.
• Accountable for load planning various a/c types in accordance with current company (and other airlines) weight and balance rules and guidelines; from flight creation and estimating zero fuel weights, to the production of the final Loadsheet and other necessary a/c documentation.
• Responsible and accountable for identifying safety risks on and around the aircraft in accordance with the company risk assessment process, and ensuring that adequate risk.