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Things that raise your pay or open doors

• International and long-range qualification

  Planning flights over oceans and remote areas needs extra training and sits on the senior desks.

• Meteorology study

  Dispatchers who genuinely understand weather models get the hard desks and the hard days.

• A pilot certificate

  Not required, but holding one makes you better at the job and easier to hire.

• Moving into operations management

  Duty manager, chief dispatcher and operations control leadership are all promoted from the desks.