TYPE RATING
Pilots start their career on a training aircraft. These aircraft are not usually complex, and are very forgiving of errors. Pilots usually fly single-engine and light twin-engine piston engine aircraft. These aircraft require one to be “checked-out” after an hour or two with an instructor. Aircraft have become very complex in their systems and operations, and require highly specialized training for a pilot to fly them. This specialized training is known as a Type Rating.
When is a Type Rating required?
- When the aircraft is a large or heavy, heavier than air aircraft
- - Small Aircraft: aircraft with maximum take-off weight up to 41,000 lbs.
- - Large Aircraft: aircraft with maximum take-off weight over 41,000 lbs up to 255,000 lbs.
- - Heavy Aircraft: aircraft with maximum take-off weight over 255,000 lbs.
- When the aircraft is a turbo-jet aircraft
- High Performance Aircraft
- Any aircraft specified by administrative authority (usually based on above criteria)
What is involved in the Type Rating?
- Ground School
- - Aircraft Systems
- - Operating Procedures
- - Emergency Procedures
- Flight Training Device (Non-Full Motion Simulator)
- - Normal and Emergency Procedures practiced on Flight Training Device before moving on to full motion simulators
- Full Motion Simulator
- - Normal and Emergency Procedures practiced on full-motion flight simulator. This is as realistic as it gets without being in an actual aircraft
- Most type ratings for highly complex aircraft such as Boeing or Airbus are done entirely on simulators, without going into an actual aircraft. This reduces costs immensely.
TYPE RATING COURSES
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