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Old 15th Apr 2019, 15:21
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Originally Posted by PJ2
Long-time operators of the B737, the Brazillians examined the type and created 3 types for the B737 in their 2018 ANAC Report.

First, the FAA FSB Report, then the Brazillian Report:

From the FAA FSB Report 2018



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From the ANAC, Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil
GRUPO DE AVALIAÇÃO DE AERONAVES – GAA
BRAZILIAN AIRCRAFT EVALUATION GROUP

Operational Evaluation Report - B737

From the ANAC Report, pg. 8 - 9:The Boeing 737 series have been in service for many years in Brazil, even before the ANAC Aircraft Evaluation Group (GAA) was established. For that reason, this is the first Operational Evaluation conducted by ANAC on the B-737, specifically the B-737-8MAX. An operational evaluation was conducted by ANAC Aircraft Evaluation Group (GAA) in Miami, FL, USA, during October 2017, where the proposed differences training for the B-737-8MAX was evaluated, considering the B-737-800 as the base aircraft. The evaluation was conducted using the methods described in ANAC IAC 121-1009.

The results presented here for the previous B-737 models (737-200, 737-300, 737-400, 737-500, 737-600, 737-700 and 737-800) are based on the Boeing 737 FAA FSB Report revision 14.

1.2. Objective

The objective of this report is to present the results from the operational evaluation of the B-737 series aircraft.
The content of this report is applicable to operations under the framework of ANAC.

1.3. Purpose
The purpose of this report is to:

Determine the Pilot Type Rating assigned for the B-737 series;
Recommend the requirements for training, checking and currency applicable to flight crew for the B-737 series, and functionalities; and
Present the compliance of the B-737 series with the requirements of the RBHA 91 and RBAC 121.

1.4. Applicability

This report is applicable to:

Brazilian operators of the B-737 series under RBHA 91 and RBAC 121 requirements;
Approved Training Organizations certified under RBAC 142 (Training Centers);
Civil Aviation Inspectors related to safety oversight of the B-737 series;
ANAC Principal Operations Inspectors (POIs) of the B-737 series operators.

2.PILOT TYPE RATING The GAA stablished [sic] 3 (three) different type ratings for the B-737 series aircraft and recommends the update of publication “Instrução Suplementar – IS 61-004” (ANAC type rating list) with the following information:

And in that Brazilian OER you will see that they identified MCAS as a category B training item. The question is what training the operators in Brazil implemented. GOL grounded their fleet after the Ethiopian crash even though they would have had training on MCAS.*
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