Instructor-Led
Aviation Professional Training
14 Months
Mon–Fri 1700–1900
+3 Month Attachment
170,000 Ksh
Excl. VAT
The Flight Operations Officer (FOO) / Flight Dispatcher Course is an elite, comprehensive professional training program designed to prepare candidates for a distinguished career in airline operations control. Conducted in accordance with KCAA licensing requirements and ICAO Annex 1 / Doc 10106 competency standards, this rigorous program equips trainees to safely co-plan, monitor, and support commercial flight operations.
Flight Dispatchers share joint operational control and responsibility with aircraft commanders. Trainees master flight planning, meteorology, aircraft performance, weight and balance, mass calculation, fuel policy, NOTAM analysis, and operational coordination.
10 Core FOO / Flight Dispatch Subjects
Course content and competency development are mapped to the operational roles identified in the approved course write-up.
Upon successful completion of the training programme and meeting the applicable KCAA licensing requirements, graduates will be eligible to sit the KCAA Flight Operations Officer licensing examinations, paving the way for a rewarding career in airline flight dispatch and operations control.
KCAA licensing requirements, ICAO Annex 1 and ICAO Doc 10106 competency standards.
The course is delivered through physical, instructor-led part-time classes, combining classroom learning with practical operational exercises to ensure participants develop both theoretical knowledge and workplace-ready skills.
Understand the regulatory framework governing flight dispatch and airline operations.
Upon successful completion of the training programme and meeting the applicable KCAA licensing requirements, graduates will be eligible to sit the KCAA Flight Operations Officer licensing examinations.
Applied learning activities drawn directly from the course teaching methodology.
Students will be able to experience live interaction with the sim cockpit and aircraft instruments. By monitoring simulated aircraft systems via ACARS, they will diagnose a cockpit instrument alert, consult the Minimum Equipment List (MEL), and compute penalty performance data to guide the simulator flight crew safely.
Students will be able to experience real-time flight planning by analyzing dynamic aviation weather systems (METARs, TAFs, SIGMETs). Using the dispatch console, they will calculate fuel policies, optimize routes around severe thunderstorm cells, and transmit updated flight clearances directly to the sim cockpit
Think Aviation’s catalog lists eighteen years as the course-entry minimum. KCAA’s current Flight Operations Officer licensing guidance states that a licence applicant must be at least twenty-one years old. Therefore, a learner may begin training earlier but must satisfy the licensing age and all other eligibility requirements before licence issuance.
No. Course completion is a licensing step, but KCAA separately requires an approved training record, knowledge examination, qualifying experience or training, supervised operational service, application documentation, language competence, fees, and other licensing conditions. Think Aviation prepares candidates for licensing; the licence is issued only by the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority.
Flight dispatch is a profession that requires application of planning, weather, performance, fuel, NOTAM, communication, and flight-monitoring knowledge in an operations environment. KCAA licensing guidance includes supervised service requirements before application. Practical exposure helps candidates integrate classroom knowledge with live coordination, documentation, decision support, and airline procedures under qualified supervision.
The programme covers air law, aircraft knowledge, principles of flight, meteorology, mass and balance, performance, navigation, flight planning, fuel policy, aeronautical information, NOTAMs, communications, flight monitoring, human performance, and operational procedures. Practical exercises develop dispatch calculations and decision-making skills needed for examinations and supervised airline operations after theoretical training effectively.
Graduation alone does not authorise licensed practice. Candidates must satisfy KCAA’s licensing requirements, including the prescribed examinations, age, approved training evidence, experience or supervised service, application records, and fees. Employers may also require induction, aircraft or route familiarisation, operational competency checks, and internal authorisation before independent dispatch responsibilities are assigned.
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