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In case this wasn't clear, two people are responsible for signing off on if flights can take off - both are FAA certified airmen, not paid by govt, and each bears 50% of the legal liability for the decision to let a flight take off.
If either says no, the flight is grounded.
If either says no, the flight is grounded.
So if a dispatcher
- finds a maintenance issue
- if there are bomb threats or suspected terrorists are on board
- doesn't trust TSA was thorough
- if there are problems at one of the regional ARTCCs that control airspace a flight path traverses
they can ix-nay the akeoff-tay.
- finds a maintenance issue
- if there are bomb threats or suspected terrorists are on board
- doesn't trust TSA was thorough
- if there are problems at one of the regional ARTCCs that control airspace a flight path traverses
they can ix-nay the akeoff-tay.
And they have in the past, to great success.
What's key is that this is an occupation that is regulated by FAA licensing, but it doesn't really have a recreational counterpart, so there aren't gazillions of dispatchers to take over for those being 'overly' cautious...
What's key is that this is an occupation that is regulated by FAA licensing, but it doesn't really have a recreational counterpart, so there aren't gazillions of dispatchers to take over for those being 'overly' cautious...
And any airline overruling a dispatcher who refuses to sign off on a flight would be in BIG trouble if anything were to happen while the a/c was en route - or if it were to land somewhere unsafe.
