Good career start - flight dispatcher
Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2019 11:37 am
Hey guys, I got good advice for new pilots or even students pilots on how to do your first step into an airline. Go there as a flight dispatcher.
I've been working for Perimeter Aviation for the last 2 years, and I can tell it is a really good job. As a dispatcher, you will be dealing with all pilot-related stuff, like weather, cars, weight and balance, etc. It will get you well prepared for your first airline training.
You will be in touch with Captains all day long and be able to construct a good relationship and to build your way into the flight line.
Perimeter is known as a company that gives the first opportunity to new pilots, so if you're a brand new pilot or even a PPL student, consider this as a really good start. Perimeter uses Foreflight, so you will be able to use it and study for your next TC exams. I studied for my Inrat, Saron and Samra most of the time during my breaks on the job. Really nice.
To become a flight dispatcher you just need a Canadian radio license and TC FD Ops and FD Met to he hired. These exams are free of charge and if you have an aviation background, the exam is pretty simple (much easier than a pilot exam).
This patch seems much easier to me comparing, for example, as a rampie. As a dispatcher you will be seating at the office, with air conditioning, keurig, kitchen, washroom, and sometimes watching the hockey playoffs... No heavy liftings, no winter operations... The salary is much better as well... actually better than FO salary!!
You will take home 1300 bi-weekly + 3% increase per year. Schedules 7 on 7 off. Frequently OT required to cover sick days, vacations, etc. One single day of OT you will take more than $300 home. It is not a bad deal! They offer good benefits, like Myid travel and even a WestJet jumpseat agreement for dispatchers. You just pay just the taxes to fly WJ.
Perimeter is a diverse company, I came here 2 years ago from another country and was welcomed well. I worked with Canadians, Europeans, Asians, Africans, South Americans, men and women... Everyone is welcomed there.
Since 2017 I've seen a lot of guys going to Flightline from a ground position, most of them to the Metros but some of them direct to the Dash 8.
Good luck guys! Perimeter is hiring right now:
https://perimeter.ca/career-opportunity ... patcher-2/
Fly safe!
I've been working for Perimeter Aviation for the last 2 years, and I can tell it is a really good job. As a dispatcher, you will be dealing with all pilot-related stuff, like weather, cars, weight and balance, etc. It will get you well prepared for your first airline training.
You will be in touch with Captains all day long and be able to construct a good relationship and to build your way into the flight line.
Perimeter is known as a company that gives the first opportunity to new pilots, so if you're a brand new pilot or even a PPL student, consider this as a really good start. Perimeter uses Foreflight, so you will be able to use it and study for your next TC exams. I studied for my Inrat, Saron and Samra most of the time during my breaks on the job. Really nice.
To become a flight dispatcher you just need a Canadian radio license and TC FD Ops and FD Met to he hired. These exams are free of charge and if you have an aviation background, the exam is pretty simple (much easier than a pilot exam).
This patch seems much easier to me comparing, for example, as a rampie. As a dispatcher you will be seating at the office, with air conditioning, keurig, kitchen, washroom, and sometimes watching the hockey playoffs... No heavy liftings, no winter operations... The salary is much better as well... actually better than FO salary!!
You will take home 1300 bi-weekly + 3% increase per year. Schedules 7 on 7 off. Frequently OT required to cover sick days, vacations, etc. One single day of OT you will take more than $300 home. It is not a bad deal! They offer good benefits, like Myid travel and even a WestJet jumpseat agreement for dispatchers. You just pay just the taxes to fly WJ.
Perimeter is a diverse company, I came here 2 years ago from another country and was welcomed well. I worked with Canadians, Europeans, Asians, Africans, South Americans, men and women... Everyone is welcomed there.
Since 2017 I've seen a lot of guys going to Flightline from a ground position, most of them to the Metros but some of them direct to the Dash 8.
Good luck guys! Perimeter is hiring right now:
https://perimeter.ca/career-opportunity ... patcher-2/
Fly safe!