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AIRBUS A320
TYPE RATING
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Next Generation Training
 AIRBUS A320
TYPE RATING

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DAYS SIM HOURS

ABOUT
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THIS COURSE
This is an Airbus A320 Type Rating course for candidates who have the
necessary experience. This course develops the candidate to the required skills
and competencies for the issue of an A320 Type Rating. Aircraft base training
will be required for candidates who do not satisfy regulator ZFT requirements.
TCAS/ACAS and RNP operations endorsements form part of the course.
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 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
* ICAO MCC certificate
• Jet experience:
*Previous Jet Type Rating or
*PTC Aviation APS MCC Course or
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*Jet Familiarisation Course (JOC) acceptable to PTC

*NOTE: FAR25: Multi-pilot multi-engine turbo-prop 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.

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 LOCATIONS
Limpopo

JOHANNESBURG: 5 DAYS

SOUTH North West Gauteng

Mpumalanga

AFRICA Free State

KwaZulu Natal

Northern Cape

Eastern Cape

Western Cape

PORT ELIZABETH: 30 DAYS

COURSE
DURATION
• 35 days

FLYING TIME
INCLUDED
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Training Skills Test

• Fixed Base Simulator (FTD-1) - 40 hours • Full Flight Simulator - 4 hours

• Full Flight Simulator - 12 hours

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QUALIFICATIONS
• Type Rating
• SACAA Licence Endorsement
• Logbook Endorsement: A320
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 WHY COMPLETE YOUR The Airbus A320 family is one
of the most numerous single-

AIRBUS A320 aisle jet transport types in

worldwide service. With a

TYPE RATING
growing global shortage of
type qualified airline pilots,

TRAINING AT PTC?
there has never been a better
time to complete an A320 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 and 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) and a computer-based FMS emulator build on and 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
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• CPT sessions addressing normal and abnormal SOP development and

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

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 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 and session content

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

A full session briefing and de briefing will be conducted. The session de-
briefing includes a session review and 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 and by exchanging roles
between exercises, trainees gain experience in both the pilot flying (PF) and
pilot monitoring roles (PM).

03 SKILLS TEST
The 4 hour Type Rating Skill Test session is designed around a commercial air
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transport environment and 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.

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