Also called: Flight Communications Specialist, MedComm Dispatcher
Dispatches and tracks medical helicopters and planes, coordinating weather, landing zones, and hospitals.
Flight comm specialists take requests from crash scenes and hospitals, check weather with pilots, track every aircraft on a map, and talk to crews minute by minute during flights.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0.5 years after high school. High school diploma plus dispatch certifications; aviation knowledge helps.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Certification. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Emergency Management, Aviation.
Growing about average. Steady demand.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Flight-tracking and weather tools automate checks; coordinating crews minute by minute stays human.
Classes: Geography, Earth science, Keyboarding.
Official data: O*NET occupation 43-5031.
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