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Advice for New Aircraft Dispatchers

New aircraft dispatcher

Starting any career can be a scary and challenging part of your life. Everyone is a little nervous on their first day as an aircraft dispatcher. That’s natural. Sheffield School of Aeronautics has been sending new aircraft dispatchers into the aviation industry since 1948. In that time, we have always ensured that our graduates were […]

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Privatization of US Air Traffic Control Systems

Ask any aircraft dispatcher and they’ll tell you that aviation in the US is a large, regulation-heavy industry that can be slow to change. One of the more outdated systems in the US aviation industry is the air traffic control system. However, it may be in line for an overhaul in terms of regulation and […]

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Future Demand for Aviation Jobs Puts Pressure on Industry

Aircraft dispatcher jobs are amongst the projected high-demand jobs in the aviation industry in coming years. The issue is that current projections point to a higher demand for aviation jobs than supply. This is good news from students attending, or hoping to attend, aircraft dispatcher school. However, it is worrying to aviation industry higher-ups. Across […]

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Better Communication Between Aircraft Dispatchers and Pilots

Communication between aircraft dispatchers, pilots, and air traffic controllers has always been a priority in the aviation industry. Almost all success for the flight is in the aviation industry, because almost all success for the flight depends on that communication. It’s probably easy to imagine how changing weather patterns, labored voice communication, and three different […]

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Aircraft Dispatcher Hubs Across the World

One of the requirements of accepting an aircraft dispatcher job is moving to the airline’s headquarters. Each airline in the world has its own aircraft dispatcher hub, a city that airline calls home and sets up headquarters.  Though there are many aircraft dispatcher hubs that airlines use as main points in flights paths, there is only […]

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Airfares Declining and Uber of the Skies? Hello 2017

The Aviation industry seems to have slipped into a wormhole and landed in an alternate universe known as 2017. Aircraft dispatching is safe, for now, but it seems not much else is.   We will give you the good news first:   Airfares are going to decline even further this year. Sheffield has covered topics such as […]

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Gut Instincts Still Play a Role in Aviation Industry

The aviation industry is filled with courses designed to change the way you think, to instill logic and reason, but there is still room for instinct. This deems true of aircraft dispatcher school to a certain degree as well.  Instinct cannot be bought, caught, or quantified. In fact, that is one of the reasons that […]

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A Look Back at Aircraft Dispatching in 2016

It’s about that time again; an end to another great year at Sheffield School of Aeronautics. Students from all over the world travel to our aircraft dispatching school in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to learn aircraft dispatching in preparation of beginning a new career.   Aircraft dispatching, and the aviation industry in general, had an interesting 2016. […]

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First Two Freedoms of the Air

Sheffield School of Aeronautics is one of the oldest schools for aircraft dispatchers. In our time, educating students on the wonders of the field of aviation expertise has changed quite a bit. When Sheffield opened its doors in 1944, the commercial aviation industry was still very young, and many of the rules and regulations we […]

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Just Released – The Revised ADX Certification Sample Test

A revised ADX certification sample test has been released by the FAA. The 80 test questions have been updated and are now suitable to be used as study materials for the ADX certification test.  The FAA website has also provided some study materials and supplemental guides in which some students may find useful.   Although the […]

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