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737 Type Rating from P-8
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Unable. Because E-6B guys fucked it up for us...
Que?
Say what now?
Allegedly they were getting type ratings up in OK and one of their own threw them under the bus, thus turning off the easy path to the Show.
This is all second hand, so I’m sure one of you TACASHIPMATES has the real story.
This is all second hand, so I’m sure one of you TACASHIPMATES has the real story.
Students going through the FRS when we had the 737 were getting a type without doing a NATOPS check in it. It was used to get students through an instrument check only. Word got out that guys were doing that and they put the kibosh on it at the wing level (forbade it in the SOP).
I'm really curious how that translates at all to you VPenis folks being unable to get a type rating in a jet you are NATOPS checked in. We are still able to get a type in the 707/720, and the FRS guys who instructed in it all had the type, in fact the Navy paid for them to get it through Higher Power... It was one of the best deals in the Navy.
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We do. Read my last post.
Yeah, that doesn't make sense, though I've heard the same rumor. Assuming the FAA doesn't have some reason to prevent a P-8 equaling a 737, all you have to do to get a type rating is find a DPE, fill out an IACRA, bring him your NATOPS jacket w/ a NATOPS check (and probably a good idea to have a instrument check), and pay him money.
P-8 isn’t listed on the faa aircraft registration chart as a mil equivalent to a 737. The C-40 and T-43 are the only listed military equivalents to the 737.
I’ve heard the bobs in naval aviation fought to keep it off since it’s a hybrid airframe and that their guys shouldn’t get the type because retention. No idea if that’s true.
It makes no sense since you can do a type ride in a classic sim and then go operate a Next Gen or max (whenever they fly again) 5 legs the next day, but no one said the faa had to make sense.
I’ve heard the bobs in naval aviation fought to keep it off since it’s a hybrid airframe and that their guys shouldn’t get the type because retention. No idea if that’s true.
It makes no sense since you can do a type ride in a classic sim and then go operate a Next Gen or max (whenever they fly again) 5 legs the next day, but no one said the faa had to make sense.
We in TACAMO are to blame for a lot, but give credit where credit is due.