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Re: Gaining and maintaining Type ratings

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Hello,

Four flights done on the 748. If you want me to do the extra two due to the one engined arrival as discussed; no problem, seems fair to me. I have only just talked the nervous elderly passenger off the aircraft... they won't be asking for a window seat near the engine again!! :lol:

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No sense of adventure some folk! :lol: Full rating for the 748 issued. Shout if you want the 780 too ;)

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Yes please...

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Done ;)

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Question regarding type ratings, im planing of doing my last training flight on the Trident tomorrow and also want to get a 727 rating, can i just start working on that or does someone somewhere need to add me to the training programme for it?
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Hiya Paul :)

We've been trying to maintain a 'tight ship' as far as ratings go. By this, I mean that after one rating has been achieved.. you're expected to fly 10 fare earning flights in it before requesting another. This equates to your training flights (non-earning) plus 10. If at any point you think you've made a wrong choice, you can request to have a rating withdrawn. You don't lose anything by doing this and it means 1 less rating you have to keep current. For this reason, it's a good idea to make sure you like the aircraft you want a rating on before you ask for a rating.

After your initial rating with the airline, all further new ratings only require 4 training flights but we ask if you can make a further 10 fare earning flights on the type before requesting another.

If a rating lapses.. eg, you've not flown the type for over 12 months and your rating is pulled.. if you want it back, you're required to do 2 training flights on it before a full rating is re-issued.

This is the way we were operating.. I'm not sure if DM is applying the same rules :lol: In the end, it's stops pilots having more ratings than they know what to do with and cuts down on admin.

Hope this answers your question ;)

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Thanks for the reply Dave, its only those 2 i want really, but its a very good idea all the same, stop people have 10 ratings and never flying the aircraft.

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10 ratings is only touching the surface mate :lol:

I'll allocate the B72 TR for you now and let you chip away at your own speed ;)

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Finally finished the Elizabethan training flights, so I would ask for that to be converted to a full rating. Hopefully will be back flying more often here and even better should have my new system up and running within a couple days.

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Rgr that Chris :thumbsup:

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