737 Type Ratings
08-03-2006, 01:07 PM
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737 Type Ratings
If you visit JC often you'll have probably seen this, but...
Is -300/-400/-500 one rating and -700/-800/-900 antother? Would an airline (say CAL or Alaska) allow pilots to fly all three, or would they split it up a different way?
Is -300/-400/-500 one rating and -700/-800/-900 antother? Would an airline (say CAL or Alaska) allow pilots to fly all three, or would they split it up a different way?
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08-03-2006, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by drummerpilot311
Is -300/-400/-500 one rating and -700/-800/-900 antother? Would an airline (say CAL or Alaska) allow pilots to fly all three, or would they split it up a different way?
08-03-2006, 05:34 PM
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I flew the 300/500/700/800/900 at CAL. It can be confusing. Round dials in the 300, half-glass in the 500, all-glass in the rest. All with different limitations. Try learning all the flaps speeds. Placards are good.
08-03-2006, 10:09 PM
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It's the best bagain in town today. You can fly the oldest 40 year old -100 or the newest varient to roll of the assembly line today with the same type rating.
Other countries may not be that generous however.
Other countries may not be that generous however.
08-04-2006, 04:41 AM
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Originally Posted by SWAcapt
At one time I was flying -200/300/500/and -700's all interchangably. All the same type.
After a period of time, the MEC Chairman threatened to go public with a list of errors that occured because of this single classification. I never actually saw the list, but those who did and I spoke with told me there were some serious issues.
The company knew the MEC Chairman would indeed go public and agreed with a split fleet - 737-200 and 737-300/500. Stephen Wolf was the UAL CEO and Rick Dubinsky was the UAL-MEC Chairman at the time.
The 737 split fleet at UAL stayed that way until the -200s were grounded shortly after 9/11.
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08-06-2006, 04:49 PM
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When I was with America West, we did our basic training on the -200 and differences training on the -300 with a couple of sim periods in Long Beach until we got our -300 simulator in PHX.
On any given day, we would swap out from a -200 to a -300 or vice versa. While ther was a learning curve, we never had any airplanes get lost.
But then again, our pay was the same since our fleet was not split.
On any given day, we would swap out from a -200 to a -300 or vice versa. While ther was a learning curve, we never had any airplanes get lost.
But then again, our pay was the same since our fleet was not split.
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