Gaining and maintaining Type ratings
Posted: 03 Jan 2008, 22:07
Hi Guys,
This sets out the 'Training' Schedule of flight requirements for gaining your TR's whilst the holder of a Training Type Rating. The onus is still on all pilots to ensure that they can competently operate any aircraft that they request a Type Rating for. These schedules allows you to 'polish up' your skills whilst benefiting from the experience of operating the aircraft on FlyNET. Training flights have no impact on VA finances but they do have an impact on your personal Flight Rating. Pilots who haven't flown one of their aircraft types for a while may operate any of the training flights if they feel they are 'rusty' before operating a revenue flight.
All aircraft types will have six training flights which you will fly depending on your TR request and will be flown in the following logical order :-
For a new pilot requesting his first TR with the VA then all six flights will be flown.
For an existing VA pilot requesting a subsequent TR on another type, the first four flights will be flown.
For the renewal of a TR which has lapsed (not flown type for 12 months) the first two flights will be flown.
Depending on your satisfactory performance of these flights you will gain your 'full' Type rating. In exceptional circumstances and if you make a complete b*lls of things you may be required to increase the number of flights performed before we let you loose on revenue flights, but we don't expect this to happen ;-) . The routes chosen for the training flights will all be operated from one designated airport depending on aircraft type. Pilots will have to transfer to that airport to commence the training schedule.
All TR's that have not been used for twelve months or more have now been removed from Pilot's profiles.
DM has come up with a page accessed through our stats/route enquiry pages where you can check at a glance when you last flew a particular aircraft type.
Check your TRs and any expiry warnings here :: Type Ratings
Rgds
John
This sets out the 'Training' Schedule of flight requirements for gaining your TR's whilst the holder of a Training Type Rating. The onus is still on all pilots to ensure that they can competently operate any aircraft that they request a Type Rating for. These schedules allows you to 'polish up' your skills whilst benefiting from the experience of operating the aircraft on FlyNET. Training flights have no impact on VA finances but they do have an impact on your personal Flight Rating. Pilots who haven't flown one of their aircraft types for a while may operate any of the training flights if they feel they are 'rusty' before operating a revenue flight.
All aircraft types will have six training flights which you will fly depending on your TR request and will be flown in the following logical order :-
For a new pilot requesting his first TR with the VA then all six flights will be flown.
For an existing VA pilot requesting a subsequent TR on another type, the first four flights will be flown.
For the renewal of a TR which has lapsed (not flown type for 12 months) the first two flights will be flown.
Depending on your satisfactory performance of these flights you will gain your 'full' Type rating. In exceptional circumstances and if you make a complete b*lls of things you may be required to increase the number of flights performed before we let you loose on revenue flights, but we don't expect this to happen ;-) . The routes chosen for the training flights will all be operated from one designated airport depending on aircraft type. Pilots will have to transfer to that airport to commence the training schedule.
All TR's that have not been used for twelve months or more have now been removed from Pilot's profiles.
DM has come up with a page accessed through our stats/route enquiry pages where you can check at a glance when you last flew a particular aircraft type.
Check your TRs and any expiry warnings here :: Type Ratings
Rgds
John