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Fifty seven airline flight dispatchers and pilots today (March 3) completed a training course on aviation meteorology organised by the Hong Kong Observatory.
Weather affects all aspects of flight. One of the major tasks of airline dispatchers is to collect the weather information for flight planning and to brief the pilots.
This is the first training course on aviation meteorology specifically designed for airline dispatchers. Its aim was to enhance the dispatchers¡¯ meteorological knowledge and contribute to improving the support to airlines and pilots and thus the safe and efficient operation of international air navigation.
One participant described the course as very informative and said it enhanced the understanding between the meteorologists, pilots and dispatchers.
Ends/Friday, March 3, 2006
Issued at HKT 16:01
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