When should I do type rating?
When should I do type rating? A type rating is required for any aircraft over 12,500 lbs MGTOW and/or with a turbojet powerplant. There are also ratings for operating privileges (e.g., instrument rating.)
How hard is getting a type rating?
Type ratings are required by the FAA on turbojet aircraft that weigh more than 12,500 pounds. The first type rating is typically the hardest to achieve. Subsequent ratings tend to be easier since the first one is many pilots' first time in a jet.
Is A320 type rating hard?
Each type rating may be considered as difficult. But tha A320 is a highly complex machine, with many systems and computers (around 200). You have to study all theese systems, failures and so on. Then comes your ability to fly the plane with the electrical lateral joystick, wich is very sensitive.
What is the hardest type rating?
People who've done it say the A380 type rating is the toughest. The fuel system on that jet is what gets most of them. It has 11 fuel tanks, two surge tanks in the wings, two vent tanks in the wings and a combined surge-vent tank in the tail.