Originally Posted by
Spooky 2
I have never heard of that engine specific issue on any non FAA rating and where I worked and we were 98% non FAA training. If you can identify an authority that mandated this I would be grateful. I know that Canada for instance, has a separate type for 737 Classic and NG, if that's what you mean?
One example, in the past at least, was the United Arab Emirates GCAA (was it maybe the DGCA at one time?). I've got a UAE ATPL from years ago with an A300-600 type rating. It specifies the GE engines. I was told that I couldn't fly an A6 registered A306 with Pratts (if there was such a plane) without an additional type rating. It was apparently a legacy of the old UK CAA licensing scheme. The technical test had useful questions like 'What colour is the light in the laser gyros?' and 'How many notches on the speedbrake quadrant?'