tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128360753919769656.post3105625542476791036..comments2023-04-03T15:53:55.970-04:00Comments on MD Cabbie: Girl PowerThe Chronicle of a MD Cabbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015502069086220587noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6128360753919769656.post-80028939489322925602011-02-27T16:37:59.180-05:002011-02-27T16:37:59.180-05:00Do your dispatchers still talk in Pee Gee Cee? I ...Do your dispatchers still talk in Pee Gee Cee? I had heard that all dispatch requests now go to one place called TAXI TAXI and that all of the cab companies and independents, who want it, subscribe to the one service. Accoring to what driver representatives said on Kojo Nnamandi, there are no other dispatch services in Pee Gee Cee. I had also heard that the satellite and computer dispatch, not a human being. I do understand that you still need human beings to enter the orders and a human being to monitor the dispatch screen, but you do not need anyone who can actually dispatch.<br /><br />Red Flop initially kept their dispatchers, but once the failure rate dropped to a negligible level, I understand that Uncle Neal got rid of all of those guys who could actually dispatch. Now, if the system goes down, Red Flop can not go to paper and voice. I understand that Yellow in D.C., which is the only one on a satellite in the City has retained most of its dispatchers. From what I hear from Schaeffer, he plans to retain his when he goes to a satellite. At some point, though, why should you pay a premium to someone who can dispatch, when you can pay peanuts to someone who sits there an monitors the screen?<br /><br />The satellite has its drawbacks. It does not dispatch, you need a human being to do that. The satellite and computer can assign calls faster than even I can, but it does not dispatch.<br /><br />Just as there is a difference between a hacker and a cab driver, there is a difference between a dispatcher and a call assigner.brokemotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02552563878040524111noreply@blogger.com