Tricky question to call, a type rating is quite an intense course, however I would say a type rating on a new generation aircraft doesn't require that much out right "pure flying skill" just an ability to remember flows and processes.
I have done two type ratings from two very different eras; the first needed raw flying skill and an ability to really know and understand the systems (ground school was chalk and talk). The second on a first generation EFIS was more about procedures. The factory ground school with CBT seemed to be more about spoon feeding answers for the tech exam rather than teaching an actual understanding of the systems.
So while a new generation type rating is intense course needing to remember a series of figures and SOPs, neither does it require any in depth engineering knowledge or high level of stick and rudder flying skill.
Actually the hardest part of a type rating can be the sim slot rostering; getting a mix of early morning red eye slots with a mix of late night grave yard slots can add to the challenge.
Last edited by portsharbourflyer; 20th Oct 2016 at 19:23.