Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
I think you mean Type Rating, not Type Certificate.
There was never any possibility of a 737 derivative being certificated under anything other than the legacy 737 TC A16WE.
What I meant was a major Revision under A16WE (Boeing installed a brand New wing and many other major mods to the existing type certificate with the NG), a derivative that Regulators would consider substantial enough to require a new Type Rating And a new Simulator for traning the pilots.......