Boeing 737NG Type Rating Course in Eastern Cape, South Africa

Description

PRE-ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Captain

• Valid ICAO ATPL(A)
• Previous FAR25* Type Rating valid until skills test
• Jet experience:

Previous Jet Type Rating, or

Jet Familiarization Course acceptable to PTC Aviation

• Minimum flight experience:
  • Total Time on aeroplane > 1500 hours
  • Flight Time on FAR25* > 1000 hours
  • Flight Time as commander on FAR25* > 100 hours

NOTE: FAR25: Multi-pilot multi-engine turbo-prop or turbo-jet aircraft with maximum take-off weight above 5.7 tons.

First Officer

• Valid ICAO ATPL (A) or CPL (A) with ATPL theoretical credits
• Valid Multi-Engine Instrument Rating
• MCC requirement:

Previous FAR25* Type Rating or

MCC certificate

• Jet experience:
  • Previous Jet Type Rating or
  • PTC Aviation APS MCC Course or
  • Jet Familiarization Course acceptable to PTC Aviation

NOTE: FAR25: Multi-pilot multi-engine turboprop or turbo-jet aircraft with maximum take-off weight above 5.7 tons.

NOTE: First Officer applicants who have completed a PTC APS MCC course within the 90 days preceding the start of the Type Rating course qualify for the shorter “Integrated Type Rating” course. Please contact the PTC Aviation marketing team for further information.

COURSE DURATION

• 35 Days

FLYING TIME INCLUDED

Training

• Fixed Base Simulator (FBS ) – 40 hours
• Full Flight Simulator – 12 hours

Skills Test

• Full Flight Simulator – 4 hours

END QUALIFICATIONS

• Type Rating
• SACAA Licence Endorsement
• Logbook Endorsement: B737NG

Why complete your Boeing 737NG type rating training with PTC?

The Boeing 737 family is one of the most numerous single-aisle jet transport types in worldwide

service. With a growing global shortage of type qualified airline pilots, there has never been a

better time to complete a B737 Type Rating course.

Course Content

01: Ground Phase

Self-study course prior to commencement of the training at PTC Aviation’s training centre in Port Elizabeth. This distance-learning is conducted via the PTC Aviation on-line Learning Management System (LMS) giving you 24/7  access to the courseware. You control the pace & path of your studies. It also creates significant savings in the amount of time you need to spend at our training centre.

Once you arrive at PTC Aviation, instructor-led workshops, Cockpit Procedural training (CPT) & a computer-based FMS emulator build on & consolidate your understanding of the self-study elements that you have completed through the LMS.

Ground training at PTC’s modern training facility includes:

• Type Technical tutorials
• CPT sessions addressing normal & abnormal SOP development & MCC techniques before starting the associated simulator phase
• Automation workshops & cockpit / FMS emulator sessions
• Part 121 Flight Performance workshops
• Abnormal event management workshops
• Operational use of EFB data & Jeppesen FD
• Type Technical systems knowledge & performance tests

02: Simulator Training

Simulator training is conducted in 2 phases:

Fixed Base Simulation (FBS) phase – 40 hours over 10 sessions

Full Flight Simulation (FFS) phase – 12 hours over 3 sessions (this phase is conducted in Johannesburg)

LOFT is integrated throughout all simulator training & session content includes:

• Key knowledge & handling skills development
• Boeing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) development
• Automation management & auto-flight / flight director operation
• Normal & Non-normal Systems knowledge development.

A full session briefing & de briefing will be conducted. The session debriefing includes a session review & a preparation for the next session.

Trainees are rostered in pairs, flying as crewmembers in realistic, real time operational scenarios that put into practice the theory learned in the classroom. Each session comprises 2 flight exercises & by exchanging roles between exercises, trainees gain experience in both the pilot flying (PF) & pilot monitoring roles (PM).

03: Skills Test

The 4 hour Type Rating Skill Test session is designed around a commercial air transport environment & comprises:

• 1st part: – LOE via a real time sector with some specific events.
• 2nd part: additional SPOT exercises to deal with the remaining items to be performed by the trainee in order to fully satisfy specific regulator FCL requirements.
• An SACAA Designated Flight Examiner will conduct the session.