Operational control, said once, plainly. Under 121 the dispatcher and the…

Mei-Lin Chao in Dispatch and Ops Control

Operational control, said once, plainly. Under 121 the dispatcher and the captain share it. That means I cannot make you go and you cannot make me release it. If either of us is uncomfortable, the airplane stays. This is not a technicality, it is the entire design.

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Mohamed Salih

Every new FO should read this in indoc. Half of them think dispatch works for them and the other half think they work for dispatch.