GG is correct. You don't need a type-rating. Get your FAA license, jump in an S76 and fly it. That's what I did, no type rating required. The FAA license does not list the specific aircraft types you are allowed to fly. On the back of the license under "XII RATINGS" it will just say "AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT ROTORCRAFT-HELICOPTER" or whatever, that's it.
I think this would be different if you were operating only on a validation of a foreign license, then you would need a type rating on your foreign license (if the foreign Authority required a type rating), to fly N-registered of that type.
You are NOT showing an operator that you are rated on type, because you are actually "rated" on everything below 12,500. You are just showing them you've flown that type before, i.e. logbook entries. That should be all you need. Don't get confused by the term "ratings" !
Last edited by gulliBell; 1st April 2007 at 00:40.