How important is MCC!!
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How important is MCC!!
just a question to some experience people. I was woundering if bizjet companies require MCC courses from the applicants?
I hold JAA FATPL ME/IR and don't know if you should get it or not!!! I have done a lot of single pilot operation and some instructing so I have come close to 2000 hour total time.
Maybe getting an MCC improves my chances to get a job!!
Anyone that can help,
Thanks guys
I hold JAA FATPL ME/IR and don't know if you should get it or not!!! I have done a lot of single pilot operation and some instructing so I have come close to 2000 hour total time.
Maybe getting an MCC improves my chances to get a job!!
Anyone that can help,
Thanks guys
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Well, ask yourself what airplanes require a MCC to get a T/R.
Bizjet companies are usually not known for wasting money on things they donīt need, so if there is someone who has everything it takes and one that hasnīt...
There is your answer....
Bizjet companies are usually not known for wasting money on things they donīt need, so if there is someone who has everything it takes and one that hasnīt...
There is your answer....
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Some companies will add the MCC bit onto a type rating course, but this increases time, cost and can be tricky if you are the only one needing to do it (who do you get to be your sim partner?).
This makes it unlikely that most companies will want to go through it, as His dudeness says.
I have recently moved onto turboprops from 9 years' single pilot piston commercial operation. I had already booked a MCC course prior to getting this new job and although the turboprop I fly is technically single pilot (with an observer), the MCC course made a great transition to the increased complexity and systems management involved in flying a turboprop. We effectively operate it multi-crew without the formal certification. The MCC course meant that the processes involved in this were already embedded.
Added to which, it was the best fun week's flying I have had for years! The costs are all pretty much the same, so go for an all-motion airliner sim if you can. Failing an engine at V1 at night on a B737 in 300m vis is something you will not forget in a hurry!
I went to European at Bournemouth, but I don't know whether they are still operating.
This makes it unlikely that most companies will want to go through it, as His dudeness says.
I have recently moved onto turboprops from 9 years' single pilot piston commercial operation. I had already booked a MCC course prior to getting this new job and although the turboprop I fly is technically single pilot (with an observer), the MCC course made a great transition to the increased complexity and systems management involved in flying a turboprop. We effectively operate it multi-crew without the formal certification. The MCC course meant that the processes involved in this were already embedded.
Added to which, it was the best fun week's flying I have had for years! The costs are all pretty much the same, so go for an all-motion airliner sim if you can. Failing an engine at V1 at night on a B737 in 300m vis is something you will not forget in a hurry!
I went to European at Bournemouth, but I don't know whether they are still operating.
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Anonymus6,
Most decent training establishments will not allow you to commence training unless you have the MCC or an exemption due to previous hours in a multi-crew aircraft. And anyhow, you won't be able to have a multi-crew type rating issued by the authorities until you have either of the above.
If you are serious about getting a JAA multi-crew type rating, then getting a good MCC course will seriously help you on the type rating itself. Try not to think of the MCC as a "tick in the box" exercise......I for one found it a very valuable learning experience.
If you are keen to get employment, get the MCC done, and if possible try and get the USA security clearance started......when the upturn comes around, employers will want people asap.....the sooner you can start, the more likely you are to get that call!!!!!
Good luck!
Most decent training establishments will not allow you to commence training unless you have the MCC or an exemption due to previous hours in a multi-crew aircraft. And anyhow, you won't be able to have a multi-crew type rating issued by the authorities until you have either of the above.
If you are serious about getting a JAA multi-crew type rating, then getting a good MCC course will seriously help you on the type rating itself. Try not to think of the MCC as a "tick in the box" exercise......I for one found it a very valuable learning experience.
If you are keen to get employment, get the MCC done, and if possible try and get the USA security clearance started......when the upturn comes around, employers will want people asap.....the sooner you can start, the more likely you are to get that call!!!!!
Good luck!
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You must have MCC, i had a story with one captain when i did may type rating. Hi has jaa atpl and around 2500 hrs total on ATRs and Premier, and when hi did his new type they asked him MCC certiificate
. I sugest you to do your mcc on EFIS FMS cockpit, it will help you a lot on type rating. 
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Whether a requirement or not, MCC is a sound investment. If nothing else, it does improve your airmanship in a 2 crew cockpit, even in those, where 2 crew might not be required by law.
