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Old 7th Nov 2012, 16:40
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I have not heard the term "PIC certificate" before and there is is not a separate certificate for PICs given by the FAA. The FAA does require an ATP to be PIC of a large aircraft in airline operations. Some ATP type ratings are issued with restrictions. The most common is to limit circling approaches to "VFR ONLY." Most US airlines do not perform circling approaches so they do not training for them. So the type ratings issued to most airline pilots in the US in the last ten or fifteen years have a restriction limiting circling approaches to "VFR ONLY." To remove the restriction they must have training on circling approaches and perform a circling approach on a checkride.

To add an A320 type rating to your ATP you would have to go to a training center operating under part 142 of the FAA regulations that does A320 training. Most 142 schools issue unrestricted types because they include circling approaches in their training.

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