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Personnel Licensing - Flight Operations Officer / Flight Dispatchers' License

  • KCAA issues the Flight Operations Officer (Flight Dispatcher) licence under the Civil Aviation (Personnel Licensing) Regulations, which adopt ICAO Annex 1 standards; the licence is a flight crew member licence held by ground personnel.

  • Minimum age for initial issue is 21 years; applicants must hold at least a valid Class 2 medical certificate (some States require Class 1 - verify the current KCAA requirement before issue).

  • Academic entry requirement: completed secondary education or equivalent; ICAO Annex 1 requires evidence of having completed a course of study in mathematics, physics and English at secondary level.

  • Approved training course: a KCAA-approved flight operations officer/dispatcher course of at least the minimum hours set in the regulations (typically 200 hours over not less than 4 weeks), completed at an approved training organisation.

  • Knowledge examination: pass the KCAA FOO written examinations in air law, meteorology, navigation, aircraft performance, flight planning, communications, human factors, and flight operations procedures.

  • Experience requirement for initial issue: completion of the approved course plus supervised operational experience (e.g. at least 90 hours of flight watch/dispatch supervision or equivalent) as specified in the current regulations.

  • Privileges: the licence holder may exercise the duties of a flight operations officer/flight dispatcher - flight planning, flight watch, in-flight assistance, and joint dispatch release of flights with the pilot-in-command.

  • Validity and renewal: the licence is valid for the period stated on it (commonly 5 years); renewal requires a valid medical certificate, recent experience, and a competency check or refresher training.

  • Recency and competency: a licence holder who has not exercised FOO privileges for a defined period must complete refresher training and a competency assessment before resuming duties.