Anyone done ATP 7-day A320 type rating course
 

https://atpflightschool.com/type-ratings/a320-type-rating.html

if so, anyone have any input?

Seven days for a bus type? That sounds sporting, hope you have transport category experience.

Its doable, they give you the study material to study for the oral stuff+callouts+flows+triggers+etc before hand by months. So you are on your own/with your partner studying for the oral checkride and chair flying. So that cuts out a lot of time from the program

They give a mock oral day one, and you should've already been prepared to take the oral before attending class.

The 7 days is mostly sim stuff. And again here, you should've already been prepared with the callouts, it's a matter of clean up.

At my regional airline we did 8 days of sim before the checkride and it worked out fine for everyone.

I went to atp for all my ratings and certs and finished in just 7 months. Yes it is stressful, but it's a proven program for sure, and the self studying speeds things up much faster.

BTDT.

Bus is a different kind of animal.

Might depend on what you want the type for... if you're going to be doing something like international repo flights as PIC, that would be sketchy. If you're going to an airline and will go through their training anyway, it should be fine.

I flew the a320 for my atp-ctp 10 hrs level D, and it was such a easier plane to fly than the crj I am flying now, which is more manual flying. No auto throttle, no vnav, no auto brake, no auto nothing lol.

It's the easiest plane in the world to fly.

The trick is understanding how all the computer stuff works, so you can get control back when it starts behaving strangely.

Sounds like you’re all set then, 10 hours is all you need, lol.

Okay, ball busting aside, yes it is doable. I knew 2 guys who did it. I do not know just how much time they spent studying the material provided in advance, but they both got their ATP along with the bus type. Bring a buddy (or ask if they have another solo student) or plan on double the cost. $17k vs $8.5k.

Just curious, why would one pay for a bus type rating in this environment?

Their situation involved jumping from a part 135 turboprop operation with only a commercial certificate, to a part 121 operation requiring an ATP; bypassing the regionals. I don’t believe either is flying the A320, but it is one of the cheapest and efficient ways to get an ATP.

Several GA Piston schools out there found using Google are only slightly less expensive (equal when you include travel to & lodging) and are done single pilot. So why not do it in a crew environment where you are expected to use the auto pilot?

That was their reasoning behind it… obviously everyone has different situations and such. Worked for them.