Flight dispatcher Interview Questions
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Flight Dispatcher interview questions shared by candidates
What experience do you have that would fit the job
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Discussed experience and how I thought it fit into the job description.
If your aircraft was accidentally overfueled immediately before departure time, how would you handle the situation?
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Happened to me in Guam Ask to offload extra fuel, no trucks available. Company said go to end of runaway burn it off . I offered the fuel to vendor free of charge, said he'll have a truck right there, looking back should have said 50 cents on the gallon and kept the difference. oh well, live and learn. Less
What is the role of a flight dispatcher?
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To formulate the operational flight plan taking into account various factors, work with the pilots to solve operational issues relating to the flight before/during and to monitor flights for any changes that could impact it (alternate airports, airspace closures, weather, etc). Less
Do you need some time to sort yourself out before you can come work for us?
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No, I want to start as soon as possible.
What does Exemption 3585 allow us to do?
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Allows a flight to be dispatched when the weather at the destination airport at ETA is below minimums. (Could follow up with the long-winded explanation for the requirements at the first and second alternates if you know it, but I think this is all he was looking for). Less
Explain to me when you would use the one navaid or two navaid rule. Derive alternate minimums for a given airport using these rules.
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For an Alt with one navaid you raise whatever landing mins for that approach by 400 ft and 1 sm vis. For an ALT with 2 navaids you raise the highest Decision height of the 2 by 200 ft and the highest visibility of the 2 by 1/2 sm vis Less