By Aeruxo � Licensed Flight Dispatcher | 15+ Years in Airline Operations The SIGMET was valid for our entire route: “OCNL SEV ICING FL080-FL200. EMBEDDED CB. TOPS FL350.” I had three aircraft releasing into that corridor within the next two hours. The first crew requested FL240�above the icing layer. The second requested a re-route around … Read more
By Aeruxo � Licensed Flight Dispatcher | 15+ Years in Airline Operations The PIREP arrived on my screen 11 minutes before our aircraft reached the final approach fix: “MOD WIND SHEAR. 800 FT AGL. AIRSPEED FLUCTUATION PLUS/MINUS 20 KT. B737. 1312Z.” I had already been watching the weather radar�a line of convective cells was pushing … Read more
By Aeruxo � Licensed flight dispatcher (study guide) | 15+ Years in Airline Operations The ATIS at Gimpo was reporting 50 meters RVR. To put that in perspective: standing at one end of a 50-meter swimming pool, you would not be able to see the other wall. Yet I was tracking an Airbus A320 on … Read more
By Aeruxo � Licensed flight dispatcher (study guide) | 15+ Years in Airline Operations The pilot’s voice was calm: “Incheon Dispatch, we just took a lightning hit. No abnormal indications. Continuing to destination. Will request maintenance inspection on arrival.” I noted the time, checked the aircraft’s system status on my screen�all green�and logged the event. … Read more
By Aeruxo � Licensed flight dispatcher (study guide) | 15+ Years in Airline Operations June 2025. Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a volcano on the island of Flores in eastern Indonesia, erupted with an ash column that shot 11 kilometers into the sky. The mushroom-shaped cloud was visible from 150 km away. Dozens of volcanic ash flights … Read more
By Aeruxo � Licensed flight dispatcher (study guide) | 15+ Years in Airline Operations Flying in snow is one of the most operationally complex challenges in aviation… It was a December morning, and New Chitose Airport in Sapporo was disappearing. Not gradually�rapidly. The METAR I pulled at 08:00 local showed 3,000 meters visibility with light … Read more
By Aeruxo � Licensed flight dispatcher (study guide) | 15+ Years in Airline Operations If you’re flying to Japan, Taiwan, or Southeast Asia during typhoon season, there’s one question that matters most: Will your flight be cancelled? The answer is not random�and it’s not decided at the last minute. After 15 years managing typhoon disruptions … Read more