Starting a flight department

[PMVULB AvMgr]

Hire a scheduler/dispatcher with at least a couple of years experience. This individual will make your life much simpler, and can easily pay his/her own salary in savings realized with professional scheduling, fuel discounts obtained, and dozens of other responsibilities which translate into $ savings. With more than one airplane in the hangar this position is a must.

 

[Senior_Citizen]

About the OPS Manual, it is useful to define policies, as std procedures, information sharing between crew members ( Cap & F.O.) and mx personnel, Weapons and other objects to consider before a flight, pets on board, etc. Also an OPS manual defines responsabilities, w/o a Ops manual all the responsabilities belong to the dep. manager (maybe you).