Who is responsible of operational control of flight operation of airlines?

Who is responsible of operational control of flight operation of airlines?

ICAO states that the operator (the airline), is responsible for the operational control of its flights and only recognizes dispatch systems using flight dispatchers/flight operations officers as the means to control and supervise flights in Annex 6, Part 1, Chapter 3.

Does each airline have its own air traffic controller?

Airspace and Air Traffic Control Within each TRACON airspace are a number of airports, each of which has its own airspace with a 5-mile (8-km) radius. The air traffic control system, which is run by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), has been designed around these airspace divisions.

What does an airline dispatcher do?

An aircraft dispatcher is employed by an airline and is heavily involved in the pre-planning of flights to ensure the safety of the trip. They review the plane’s crew, monitor the plane in-flight, and focus on maximizing efficiency. An aircraft dispatcher will also do a great deal of research on the weather conditions.

What are air traffic control charges (ATC)?

Air Traffic Control (ATC) Charges are levied on aircraft in order to cover the air navigation services provided by the Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP) over a portion of airspace, generally coincident with national boundaries.

What is ATC responsible for?

ATC is responsible for aircraft separation and safety, but should not manage or sequence an airline’s production assets–its aircraft–in and out of the nation’s airports, when the airline could do it much more efficiently and less expensively. Today, the only reason ATC does the sequencing task is that airlines have abdicated that role.

Are airline delays the ATC system’s problem?

Airline delays are an ongoing problem and are hugely expensive for passengers, airlines, and the government. And while many search for solutions, where everyone goes wrong is primarily blaming the ATC system. Delays are not the ATC system’s problem to solve.

How far should airplanes be from the airport when meeting ATC?

Instead of passively waiting for ATC to begin metering the arrival flow of aircraft when they are about 200 miles from the airport, once the congestion problem already is in place, an airline should, using a COTS BBFM process, apply speed adjustments to their aircraft 500 miles or more from the airport to avoid the obvious upcoming congestion.