A professional who directs and coordinates through subordinate management personnel, flight operation and control activities of air transport company terminal station. Responsibilities include:

• Reviews flight schedules, flight crew bid sheet for routes, and crew schedules to ensure assignments for schedules and routes are in accordance with personnel qualifications for type of aircraft, federal safety and operational regulations, union contract provisions, and company policy.
• Confers with flight crew personnel to resolve any differences regarding schedule and route assignments.
• Coordinates activities of sections in flight operations department, such as dispatching, flight control, flight training and meteorology, to ensure maximum operating efficiency.
• Confers with administrative personnel, government regulatory agencies, and representatives of other airlines to propose revision and adoption of rules and procedures governing flight operation activities.
• Directs preparation of supplemental training materials or revision of operational manuals resulting from changes in rules and procedures.
• Conducts investigations in cooperation with federal agencies to determine causes of aircraft accidents and to establish accident prevention and emergency methods and procedures.
• May check out flight crew personnel on aircraft.