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Ms. Betsy Dwyer started here aviation career in 1983 working with the specialized unit that transports the President and the Vice President of the United States as a flight attendant until her departure in 1990. She was hired by Wayfarer Aviation in White Plains and assigned to the CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank for 6 years. After leaving Wayfarer she became the Catering Director for Christopher Martins in New Haven CT for 2 years, than was hired by Cesar Pelli to do Private Chef Work for their office also in CT. Betsy wanted to return to flying and was hired by Jet Aviation Business Jets as the Director of Cabin Services for the Private Charter operations from 1997 to 2004 when the company decided to downsize their fleet. For the last four years she has been working for the CEO of General Maritime Corporation onboard a Falcon 2000EX plane based in Oxford CT. Betsy’s continued education has given her a BA in Journalism (Southern Connecticut State University) as well a BA in Business (University of New Ha

Keeping intouch with your Dispatcher

Betsy Dwyer - Monday, June 02, 2008

If you are freelance and you are trying to get a trio out of companies A, B, and C, this is what you do not do:


1.     (I was a scheduler for 6 months), do not call at the crack of business dawn on Monday morning. Dispatchers and schedulers are groggy from only having 2 days to do everything in their personal and private lives. Monday is not a great day to call. Tuesday, after lunch around 2 pm would be great.


2.     Do not demand a trip! Do not tell them you are overextended on your American Express bill or that you cannot afford teeth. It is off putting. Being broke is a private matter between you and the repo man. If you do not own the plane, we all know, yes.... you are broke most likely.


3.     Thursday is a great day to call, to put a bug in their ear as this will give them your availability for the weekend. Lots of charter gets closed and signed by 230 pm on Friday.


4.     Keep your cell on and try not to go scuba diving, floatation tanks are out, taking that long drive down a country road with no cell tower, horseback riding, being at happy hour with free tequila shots with your cell in a bowl of nachos, or not picking up the call because you are on the other line to the psychic network. Believe me, I have done all these.


5.     Having your own website with flashing neon, and fly songs, with a photo in some bridesmaid dress is a bit over the top. It is all a matter of taste or lack thereof.


6.     Try to maintain a relationship with these people; they answer the phone all day long. Remembering what college their kids go to may help. Talking gossip, divorce, pestilence and who is in and who is out is no good.

 

That is all I have today.

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