If I know how to fly a b777 in general, will an airline allow me to fly all the types? say 300er,200lr,200er.?

Question

If I know how to fly a b777 in general, will an airline allow me to fly all the types? say 300er,200lr,200er.?

Answer 1

The further training that Aviophage mentioned is differences training. It's not a seperate type ride or rating.

The rating on your certificate will only say B-777 (specific make and basic model).  If the airline has various versions of that aircraft, they will give you that training for the differences. Depending on the degree and number of differences, the training could be anything from only a couple of hours of ground school to a couple of months of ground school with some sim time thrown in. That sim time will not be a rating ride, but more of a learning experience.

If you're typed in the B-777, you're good for all variants.

Same goes for common type ratings (B-707/720, B-757/767). I received the 767 rating at the same time as the 757, yet I've never set foot in the aircraft or studied its differences. I'm not allowed to fly the 767 until I go through the differences training, which is no big deal.

Answer 2

I worked for an airline and basically pilots are certified to fly a specific model of airplane and stick to that one. He/She may have flown other aircraft in the past, but typically they only fly one type when working for an airline.

In other words, a 747 captain will not be interchangeable for scheduling purposes with a 737 captain.

Yes, I agree with the answer above.

Answer 3

yep, you can fly all variants but you have to do training for differences.

Answer 4

sorry Zach, you are ded wrong on this one. aviophage

has given the correct info. You must have a type rating for each different type of aircraft.if a type rating is required....see

Title 14: Aeronautics and Space

PART 1—DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS

Type:

(1) As used with respect to the certification, ratings, privileges, and limitations of airmen, means a

specific make and basic model of aircraft,

including modifications thereto that do not change its handling or flight characteristics.

and

§ 61.31   Type rating requirements, additional training, and authorization requirements.

(a) Type ratings required. A person who acts as a pilot in command of any of the following aircraft must hold a type rating for that aircraft:

(1) Large aircraft (except lighter-than-air).

(2) Turbojet-powered airplanes.

(3) Other aircraft specified by the Administrator through aircraft type certificate procedures.

edit..even though you are wrong on this one, I did not give you the thumbs down, I think the thumbs up/down thing is ridiculous and dont bother with it.

Answer 5

Airlines and the FAA and other agencies issue pilot type ratings for specific types only; that is, if a pilot is rated to fly the 737-200, that pilot may NOT fly the 737-400 without further training.

Even though the airplanes may appear identical, there are many differences from one type number to another: systems operate differently; controls are located differently; procedures are different.

So most emphatically NO.  A pilot rated in one version of a given airliner type can fly only that type until checked out in another version of the same type.