i have read elsewhere on this forum that:
1. as an SO you are not officially type-rated onto your aircraft type. it's not even written on your license!
2. SOs get P2X time, which is a fraction of the total flying time you will do. i think it's 1/4 of your time, but someone else will have to verify this for you.
out of curiousity, they don't have SOs in North American carriers, right?