Thread: flight crews fly free

Originally Posted by SKC

Dispatchers are required by the FAA to spend 5 hrs per year in the cockpit observing operations since there is joint legal responsibility in flight planning. So, that alone would require dispatchers the ability to have access to the cockpit.

I have no idea why they would remove the option for techs to sit up front.

Thanks for that, I wasn't aware but have been confused for a long time about why they'd do that.