by Terengganu01 » Sat Jun 27, 2009 5:42 pm
Dear Hakujaya,
After getting the CPL/IR, you will join an airlines and hopefully you will be send for your first type rating on a JAR/FAR 25 aircraft in a TRTO (which can be the training center of your Airlines. In fact it is a little more complex and not straight forward:
- first there is the MCC course which must be done on a turboprop or turbojet simulator. The aim is the transition from a Single pilot to a multipilot flying with a different organisation of the work on board (pilot Flying, Pilot Non Flying). This MCC is mandatory before the JAR/FAR 25 type rating it can be done on a FFS (full Flight Simulator) or a FNPT II MCC.
- Then there is the ELT (or JOT) Entry Level training: it is a transition to JET aircraft . For example,the ELT is mandatory if you go for a type Rating with Airbus Industry before doing the type rating. (The ELT is not regulated so we consider able to do it on our FNPT II MCC)
- Then there is the Type Rating (around 40h of FFS and a same amount of FTD level 4 or 5/6)
- when you are type Rated, the Airlines will undertake your Line training and induction in their Company culture.
Our simulator is a FNPT II MCC. But, at the difference from most of schools, choosing a small turboprop or turbojet FNPT II (Typically Beechcraft 200, Learjet, or generic smalll jet), TBM FA has decided to upgrade to an FNPT II MCC A320. In fact a FNPT II is a simplified simulator and without motion: it cannot replace a FFS so we will not be able to train for a type rating, more for delivering a Type Rating, the instructors must be TRI (Type Rating Instructor) they are mostly Airlines Instructors and Commanders. and also as already mentioned, the school must be approved as a TRTO. TBM FA is going to be an AFTO but we are not pretending to be a TRTO: it is another job, with other investments and instructors. AFTOs and TRTOs are complementary.
You may have noticed that the simulators are classified FNPT II, FNPT II MCC, FTD level 4, 5 or 6... There are several classifications (EASA, FAA, ICAO) but, all simulators and training devices are controlled by DCA which check the respect of the performances and the degree of fidelity to aircraft. Every year the simulator approval has to be renewed in its category.
Doing the MCC and ELT on a FNPT II A320 will definitively give a plus to our students attending Airline selections.
Regards
Terengganu01