aircraft dispatcher
Aircraft dispatchers authorise, regulate, and control commercial airline flights according to governmental and company regulations. They expedite and ensure flight flow by preparing logs of flights, delays, cancellations, and changes in schedules or flight plans.
aircraft dispatcher aircraft dispatchers authorise, regulate, and control commercial airline flights according to governmental and company regulations. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include airport planning, air traffic control operations, aviation meteorology, operate radio equipment, calculate aircraft weight.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £33,508 a year for Transport and distribution clerks and assistants (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £27,996 to £39,496 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 4134). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Clerical support workers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only aircraft dispatcher, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 4. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
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Frequently asked questions
What does aircraft dispatcher do?
Aircraft dispatchers authorise, regulate, and control commercial airline flights according to governmental and company regulations. They expedite and ensure flight flow by preparing logs of flights, delays, cancellations, and changes in schedules or flight plans.
What skills does aircraft dispatcher need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include airport planning, air traffic control operations, aviation meteorology, operate radio equipment, calculate aircraft weight, apply company policies. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace aircraft dispatcher?
Our AI-durability model gives aircraft dispatcher a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.