Schedulers and Dispatchers Conference 2007
“My husband is a pilot for the company, but I’m the one who tells him where to go,” said a dispatcher for a Northeast-based charter operator with a broad s

“My husband is a pilot for the company, but I’m the one who tells him where to go,” said a dispatcher for a Northeast-based charter operator with a broad smile, one of more than 2,400 men and women attending the 18th Annual Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference in Phoenix in late January.

The total number of attendees set a new record for the NBAA-sponsored event. It represented a 9-percent increase over last year’s show, and the number of exhibitors jumped from 322 to 351. According to NBAA, the conference is now the association’s second largest event.