No Aircraft
Dispatch Dispatcher
Workload
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General None Reported / Taken
Staffing; Procedure; Human Factors
On Saturday afternoons; Sectors 43/59 continuously have 22-23 flights in the air for the first 4-5 hours. This includes South America; Caribbean; Mexico; all highly susceptible to thunderstorms; and multiple hubs; and Canada. Before 1500L this requires 2 desks. This is not a complaint of working too hard; but a serious concern with maintaining operational control.
Dispatcher reported a serious concern regarding 'maintaining an operational control' during certain time periods based upon workload.