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Old 11th Jan 2006, 07:06
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BillieBob
 
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Re: comments re PAN AM INT FLT A320 TYPE RATING

I realise that this is somewhat off-topic since the original question had nothing whatever to do with JAA training but, since hughesyd has posted clearly incorrect information it is probably worth clarifying the situation for those who are interested in JAA training.

Had hughesyd bothered to read the PanAm website before firing off his sarcastic response, he would have discovered that PAIFA are not approved to provide JAA initial type rating training. Some PAIFA simulators (e.g. CRJ & J41 at Dulles, RJ and J41 at Minneapolis, B757 at Miami but not the A320) are qualified under JAR-STD1A and some JAA companies (e.g. Maersk, ATD and BA) have user approvals for them. However, PAIFA cannot offer initial type ratings on any of their simulators.

Randhem hold a JAA TRTO approval issued by the Swedish Authority and dry-lease simulators from PAIFA. The two companies have a similar arrangement to AFT and DCA, and look what happened there!

So, the answer to the original question is 'No, nobody who has so far posted has attended PanAm in minneapolis for the A320 type rating'. Indeed, it is unlikely (although not impossible) that you will find anybody on this predominantly JAA-orientated website who has.
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