B737 Type rating
 

Can someone tell me, with authority, whether a B737, B737NG and BBJ type ratings are separate ratings or if you're typed in one are you considered typed in all. Thanks for the help

A 737 type rating is a 737 type rating. Good for all

hmmmmmmm I hear they are, however I don't see how a 737-200 is anything close to a 737-900 they are two completely differnt a/c.

Mine just says 737 with no restrictions.

They are very different, but I guess that they are similair enough for the same type. I've flown the -300, -500, -700, -800, & -900. I have a B-737 type rating. The panels and switches are kept pretty much the same-1960's era. The glass 737NG's have "round" guages on glass to look the same. The FAA bought it and it's all one type.

Like previous posters have mentioned... A type is a type. If you work at a company that fly's different models of it 737-200 and 500 for example you are qualified to fly both (in the FAA's eyes) as long as you get "Differences" training.

No different that a DC-9 and MD-80. Both of these have a DC-9 type rating.

or the B-757/767. 2 distinctly different Airframes with a common type rating.

Or lets not forget the MD-11 and MD-10 Type rating. Verysimilar to the DC-9 MD-80. One is a newer more modern version of the other but have the same Type rating.

Thanks for all the info. The reason I asked is that I got my 737 rating on a 737-100 some 22 yrs ago and am ready to retire early from my airline job. I just wanted to know what I might be qualified for in the Corporate World.

What made me wonder is that my A320 type is separate from my A330 type which is separate from an A340 type although the cockpits are basically the same.

The NG's on Southwest's 737 have round guages. At Alaska the NG's have 777 style cockpit displays.

Alaska Displays:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?i...89&tbl=COCKPIT

SW Displays:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file?i...52&tbl=COCKPIT

I wish I could post the actual photos here but they are too large.

You can do the NG either way. You just flip the switch. CAL does it the "old" way like SWA. It's a differences training thing? I have more time with speed and altitude tapes than round dials, so what's the big deal? I can read the instruments any way you display them. I wish we got rid of the round dial glass myself.

Geez, those SW screens are like two steps forward and one step back. What good is having glass if you can't use them optimally?

I guess I understand the fact that they have to schlep from one unit to another on a daily basis, but still....