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dispatcher

[dih-spach-er] / dɪˈspætʃ ər /




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He was an airline dispatcher a few decades ago and says aircraft swaps, due to canceled or delayed flights, maintenance or other issues, were simpler then because planes weren’t as full and so subdivided.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

It was, recalled the EMS dispatcher on duty that night in Queens, “a horror.”

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

Filipino ferry dispatcher Dave Delos Reyes has been handing out N95 masks for nearly three weeks to protect passengers against the smoke that a landfill fire has sent billowing above a stretch of Manila Bay.

From Barron's Apr. 30, 2026

“My father has been illegally detained,” he told the dispatcher nervously, stumbling over his words.

From Salon Mar. 24, 2026

Maybe plumbing isn’t as exciting as being a police dispatcher in thrill-a-minute Spruce Harbor.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

One such company is Aurelian, which sells software that coaches 911 dispatchers and automates nonemergency calls.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

AI may even raise employment within a given industry, since higher productivity lowers prices, lifting demand for more labor: Uber added far more drivers than it cut dispatchers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Then at 12:50 a.m., reports of a traffic collision began to flood into CHP dispatchers, with witnesses saying a vehicle was on fire.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

The one year pay deal covers Menzies dispatchers, allocators, airside agents, and controllers.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

It was an odd and familiar sound—Joe Castiglione’s voice and the crack of the bat, layered with occasional farty blips and cryptic messages between cops and dispatchers.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen




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