Flight planner
Encyclopedia
A flight planner usually works for an airline
or airport
and is also known as a flight dispatcher
. They must carefully plan all flight paths for a number of flights, taking into account wind
speed, storms, aircraft performance and loading, and other conditions. Some dispatchers provide a flight following service and advise pilot
s if conditions or paths change. They would usually work in the operations or control center of the airline. Load planner, they have the same licence as the flight dispatcher. They must carefully plan the loading of the aircraft and do the weight and balance of the aircraft, in some cargo aircraft they have to go and inspect visually that the loading had been done in accordance to his instructions, when a load planner is on board the airplane as a member of the crew, he will be in charge of planning, loading, offloading the cargo during the flights paths and is known as loadmaster.
Airline
An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...
or airport
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
and is also known as a flight dispatcher
Dispatcher
Dispatchers are communications personnel responsible for receiving and transmitting pure and reliable messages, tracking vehicles and equipment, and recording other important information...
. They must carefully plan all flight paths for a number of flights, taking into account wind
Wind
Wind is the flow of gases on a large scale. On Earth, wind consists of the bulk movement of air. In outer space, solar wind is the movement of gases or charged particles from the sun through space, while planetary wind is the outgassing of light chemical elements from a planet's atmosphere into space...
speed, storms, aircraft performance and loading, and other conditions. Some dispatchers provide a flight following service and advise pilot
Aviator
An aviator is a person who flies an aircraft. The first recorded use of the term was in 1887, as a variation of 'aviation', from the Latin avis , coined in 1863 by G. de la Landelle in Aviation Ou Navigation Aérienne...
s if conditions or paths change. They would usually work in the operations or control center of the airline. Load planner, they have the same licence as the flight dispatcher. They must carefully plan the loading of the aircraft and do the weight and balance of the aircraft, in some cargo aircraft they have to go and inspect visually that the loading had been done in accordance to his instructions, when a load planner is on board the airplane as a member of the crew, he will be in charge of planning, loading, offloading the cargo during the flights paths and is known as loadmaster.