Who is jointly responsible for the safety of flight?

• A. PIC and Dispatcher
• B. PIC and SIC
• C. Dispatcher and Flight Attendant
• D. Ground Ops and Dispatcher

Answer: (A)

Safety of flight is a shared duty between the person in command and the dispatcher. The PIC has the final responsibility for the safe operation of the flight—making decisions about flight path, weather, flight crew readiness, and compliance with regulations. The dispatcher supports safety by planning the flight and providing essential information: weather conditions, fuel calculations, alternate airports, NOTAMs, and other operational data. Together they assess risks and ensure the flight can be conducted safely, from planning through execution.

The other pairings don’t reflect this collaborative planning-and-execution dynamic. The SIC assists in the cockpit but does not share the same safety-of-flight responsibility with the dispatcher; flight attendants manage cabin safety, not overall flight safety planning; and ground ops handles ground handling rather than in-flight safety decisions.