Originally Posted by
McMax
Hi BWEEpilot,
Many thanks for your reply, that helps a lot.
Does it make sense to throw the extra $2000-$3000 in and get the rating in your opinion?
Sounds that the amount of studying and preparation is about the same.
Regarding the regular type-rated oral: hard to gauge if you‘ve never done an oral as it’s not part of the EASA world.
That depends on your situation. If you have a pending green card or work authorization; you're wasting money on getting typed when the airlines will gladly do that for you if your plan is to remain in the US. The oral is systems based coupled with memory items and limitations. There's a very thorough video on Youtube titled "A320 United Oral Prep". It's an exhaustingly long video, but it gives a good idea of what an oral is like. That particular video is extremely intense; your actual ATP oral will probably be a fraction of that with respect to depth of knowledge required.