5 Week Aircraft Dispatcher Training Program

Gain an education!  This isn't about going through "the motions" to get a certificate.  At the end of the day, we want our students to land that first job opportunity because they are the sharpest and best prepared candidate for the job!

With NAFC, you don't need to worry about getting "rusty" with your skills.  As a graduate, you're always welcome to join one of our refresher classes or you can attend a regular class as well, at no further expense!

We strive to offer a cost effect program that doesn't saddle our students with unnecessary expense.  Our passion drives our high quality of learning, in a learning environment that makes you feel welcomed.

Hands on training includes;

Learning processes and skills that airlines will expect to see during your flight dispatcher interview!

Flight Planning with a modern day commercial aircraft

Basics of Airline Operations

Visit to an Air Traffic Control Facility*

Visit to a local airline operations control center (Endeavor Airlines & Sun Country Airlines)!*

Visit with the National Weather Service to meet the staff that make the actual weather models and forecasts!*

Supplies;

When you purchase your class date, we will ship you all of the required educational/study materials to you to allow to you to begin preparing for your FAA Flight dispatcher training!

*Limitations exist based on vendor capabilities.

**Note** - Student is responsible for any fees associated for taking the FAA ADX Written Exam and any fees charged by a designated examiner for the practical (examiner fee vary) or delays associated with sourcing an FAA Designated Examiner.

Aircraft Dispatcher Training Topics Included in this program covers all the requirements of FAA Part 65;

*Applicable Federal Aviation Regulations including privileges, limitations, and flight operations;

*Meteorology, including knowledge of and effects of fronts, frontal characteristics, cloud formations, icing, and upper-air data;

*General system of weather and NOTAM collection, dissemination, interpretation, and use;

*Interpretation and use of weather charts, maps, forecasts, sequence reports, abbreviations, and symbols;

*National Weather Service functions as they pertain to operations in the National Airspace System;

*Aircraft Dispatcher training specific to Wind shear and microburst awareness, identification, and avoidance;

*Principles of air navigation under instrument meteorological conditions in the National Airspace System;

*Flight Dispatcher training for Air traffic control procedures and pilot responsibilities as they relate to enroute operations, terminal area and radar operations, and instrument departure and approach procedures;

*Aircraft loading, weight and balance, use of charts, graphs, tables, formulas, and computations, and their effect on aircraft performance;

*Aerodynamics relating to an aircraft's flight characteristics and performance in normal and abnormal flight regimes;

*Human factors;

*Aeronautical decision making and judgment; and

*Crew resource management, including crew communication and coordination.