Originally posted by wysiwyg
Thanks WD. In the UK and Europe all Captains and FOs must be type rated.

In the US, if an FO is not type rated what training will they have taken that is type specific (ground and sim) before commencing line training?

The training is the same minus one or 2 elements. The only difference for the captain type ride and first officer checkride for the EMB-145 is the captain has to demonstrate a no-flap landing in the sim. Not much of a difference. Also because it’s not a type ride, some forgiveness can be given if the FO messes up a manuever during the ride.

Why not type the First Officers? Beats me. I guess it doesn’t really matter. I won’t lose sleep over it.