How Airlines Decide to Cancel Flights

By Aeruxo — Licensed flight dispatcher (study guide) | 15+ Years in Airline Operations Flight cancellation decisions are one of the most complex parts of airline operations. They involve safety, legal constraints, and operational trade-offs that are not visible to passengers. A flight cancellation is not a decision made lightly. It is not made by … Read more

Engine Failure on an Airplane: What a 15-Year Dispatcher Plans for Every Flight

By Aeruxo — Licensed flight dispatcher (study guide) | 15+ Years in Airline Operations Here is something most passengers do not know: every single commercial flight I have ever planned — every one of the tens of thousands I have dispatched in 15 years — was planned with the assumption that an engine might fail. … Read more

How Flights Operate in Snow and Ice Conditions

By Aeruxo_DISP_H  |  FAA Aircraft Dispatcher Certificate (United States)  ·  Korean MOLIT Flight Dispatcher License  ·  15+ years active dispatch at a Northeast Asian LCC, ICN hub  ·  Graduate researcher, Korea Aerospace University   About the Author → It was a December morning, and New Chitose Airport in Sapporo was disappearing. Not gradually — rapidly. The … Read more

Typhoon Season Flights in Asia: A 15-Year Flight Dispatcher Explains What Really Happens

By Aeruxo_DISP_H  |  FAA Aircraft Dispatcher Certificate (United States)  ·  Korean MOLIT Flight Dispatcher License  ·  15+ years active dispatch at a Northeast Asian LCC, ICN hub  ·  Graduate researcher, Korea Aerospace University   About the Author → If you’re flying to Japan, Taiwan, or Southeast Asia during typhoon season, there’s one question that matters most: … Read more

Why Your Plane Suddenly Pulled Up Instead of Landing (Go-Around Explained)

By Aeruxo — Licensed flight dispatcher (study guide) | 15+ Years in Airline Operations You have been descending for twenty minutes. You felt the landing gear drop — that reassuring thunk. Through the window, you can see the runway. Houses, cars, the airport fence. You are almost there. You tighten your seatbelt. Ten more seconds … Read more

How Airlines Handle Flight Diversions: Inside OCC Decisions

By Aeruxo — Licensed flight dispatcher (study guide) | 15+ Years in Airline Operations The ACARS message came in at 22:47 local time: “REQUEST DIVERSION CLK. PAX MEDICAL EMERGENCY. ADVISE.” I was three hours into a night shift. The flight was an Incheon-to-Manila service, about 90 minutes from landing. A passenger had collapsed in the … Read more

How Flight Dispatchers Plan Your Route in Real Airline Operations

By Aeruxo — Licensed flight dispatcher (study guide) | 15+ Years in Airline Operations I still remember the first time I sat down at an OCC workstation and realized: this is where every flight is planned and monitored. Not at the boarding gate, not in the cockpit — but right here, in a windowless room … Read more

How Turbulence Works and How Flights Stay Safe

By Aeruxo — Licensed Flight Dispatcher | 15+ Years in Airline Operations I’ve monitored thousands of flights crossing turbulent airspace — from the North Pacific jet stream to convective zones near the equator. And from real operations, one thing is clear: turbulence is rarely dangerous — but often misunderstood. In this guide, I’ll explain how … Read more