Recurrent for Initial?

[Oxman]

What do you do when your new company is making you do a recurrent for an initial when you've never flown the plane before? Yes, it is a type for outside the US. We have 4 days to do it in as well. I was told I would have the initial class but that changed.

 

[derg]

Weird. Part 91? 121? 135?

 

[Oxman]

Weird. Part 91? 121? 135?

PM sent

 

[SteveC]

What is your role in the aircraft going to be? SIC only?

 

[Oxman]

What is your role in the aircraft going to be? SIC only?

No. PIC only. This is for outside the US flying. Not under US Rules.

 

[SteveC]

PIC with no prior experience in the plane = full initial in my book (assuming it's a plane that requires a type rating(?)).

 

[ahw01]

Yeh not heard of that one…

 

[Soul Brotha']

How can they give you a recurrent on an airplane you are not even typed on?
OP, I assume this isn’t your first jet?

 

[DropTank]

What do you do when your new company is making you do a recurrent for an initial when you've never flown the plane before? Yes, it is a type for outside the US. We have 4 days to do it in as well. I was told I would have the initial class but that changed.

Sounds like you're getting set up for failure.

Although some countries' idea of a checkride is laughably easy, so...

 

[ahw01]

Sounds like you're getting set up for failure.

Although some countries' idea of a checkride is laughably easy, so...

Laughs in Maldivian

 

[Oxman]

How can they give you a recurrent on an airplane you are not even typed on?
OP, I assume this isn’t your first jet?

KA260 with Fusion. ever flown it before and I'm dropped in a recurrent class.

 

[Oxman]

PIC with no prior experience in the plane = full initial in my book (assuming it's a plane that requires a type rating(?)).

KA200 with Fusion.

 

[Roger Roger]

Do you need a type rating for that? Unfortunately for non-type aircraft that isn’t (or at least, during the Great Pilot Shartage, wasn’t) uncommon both as a way to save on training costs and because of the sheer unavailability of simulator slots.

 

[SteveC]

KA200 with Fusion.

Don't need a type rating for the King Air 200 (unless it exceeds 12.5K lbs).

Do you have King Air experience?

 

[Oxman]

Don't need a type rating for the King Air 200 (unless it exceeds 12.5K lbs).

Do you have King Air experience?

Nope. Except B100 in 2017.

 

[CoffeeIcePapers]

Nope. Except B100 in 2017.

You’ll be fine. The avionics are probably what will hold you back the most. If you have turboprop experience, it should be relatively painless. With that said, I would question any operation cheaping out on training. Who knows what other corners they cut in the operation?

 

[ASpilot2be]

Don't need a type rating for the King Air 200 (unless it exceeds 12.5K lbs).

Do you have King Air experience?

It's no type rating in the US, but it might be under whatever rules the plane is being operated under.

 

[BlueMoon]

I’m sure the insurance company would care. That’s if they have insurance.

 

[A300Capt]

In my previous world, after 2 yrs away from the jet, you went through initial all over again even if previously typed. No way they should put you through “recurrent” if you were never “current” on it in the first place…

 

[CFI A&P]

Is it an N registered King Air operated somewhere sandy?

Need a little more context to know if you’re doing it for insurance purposes, local authority requirement (EASA, DGAC, etc.)