FCL 1.261 states in part that wherever possible, the MCC training should be combined with the initial type rating training
Yes, that's how I understood it. In fact, the MCC and CRM qualifications were intended, I believe, to be a part of your initial type rating. Interesting how the training industry has 'adopted' these elements and is now offering them as 'essential' (and expensive) qualifications
before your initial type rating. That's business, I suppose.
Scroggs