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Dispatcher reported having to work too many aircraft due to staffing related issues after several dispatchers called in sick.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1764594 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202010 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Dispatcher |
| Qualification | Dispatch Dispatcher |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
I had 22 flights airborne as of xa:36z and 23 flights as of xa:50z which is too many even during ideal weather conditions. Weather at all stations was ideal; so I was able to complete all duties; but I feel I would be pushing operational control if I had any medical/mechanical or airport/enroute weather problems.there were X sick calls this morning which were not covered and subsequently desks were closed.should have opened additional desk(s) to cover workload.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Dispatcher reported having to work too many aircraft due to staffing related issues after several dispatchers called in sick.
Narrative: I had 22 flights airborne as of XA:36z and 23 flights as of XA:50z which is too many even during ideal weather conditions. Weather at all stations was ideal; so I was able to complete all duties; but I feel I would be pushing operational control if I had any medical/mechanical or airport/enroute weather problems.There were X sick calls this morning which were not covered and subsequently desks were closed.Should have opened additional desk(s) to cover workload.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.