Have you ever wanted to sit at the helm of a passenger jet airliner? Is the next step in your career to become a fully-fledged commercial jet pilot? Successfully complete this course and you won’t just be qualified to perform as a pilot on Airbus aircraft, you’ll feel at home as you direct them into the skies.

Your trajectory

EASA stipulates that in the training elements for this type of aircraft, you must:

• develop a thorough understanding of the operation, functioning and where appropriate, the abnormal and emergency operation of all aircraft systems;
• pass an exam to demonstrate the level of theoretical knowledge required for the safe operation of the applicable aircraft type;
• complete a minimum of 32 hours of FSTD flight simulator training programmed for the crew of a multi-pilot aeroplane, of which at least 16 hours should be in a FFS operating as a crew.

Upon completion of the flight training, you will also have to successfully complete a skills test with an examiner to demonstrate adequate competence in aircraft operation for the issue of the type rating.

Prerequisites

For the first type rating course for a multi-pilot aeroplane, you need to:

• have logged at least 70 hours of flight experience as PIC on aeroplanes;
• hold a multi-engine IR(A);
• have passed the ATPL(A) theoretical knowledge examinations;
• hold a certificate of satisfactory completion of an MCC course in aeroplanes.

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