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I'm hearing about combined B1/B2 type rating courses....any views on that, in the context of this thread or otherwise?
The BA B777 course is a B1 course. For a B2 course they take some bits out of it and make it shorter. So the whole course is B1/B2.
I work on a small line station. Only Daily checks and defects. I have a converted AML which is B1-1. Not even full B1. Only once in the last twenty years have I had to get a B2 guy in to help me. Working on modern jets with BITE and no real test equipment, you can stay legal. On any modern jet transport from B757 onwards you can do an autopilot test sitting in the flightdeck, with no test equipment except the little box of switches on B757/B767.
I think the main point is, if you want to work away from main base, get a B1.