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A320 Realistic Time/Cost for Type Rating

An A320 Type Rating school in the US (SimCorp) is offering an initial A320 type rating with the following:

Initial w/o Previous Experience
80 hrs of Ground School - includes:

12 hrs of Cockpit Procedures Training including MCDU
- 16 hrs Systems Integration Training (8 hrs left seat & 8 hrs right seat)
- 24 hrs Level C or D Full Flight Simulator (12hrs left seat & 12hrs right seat.

Is this a realistic amount of time to complete an initial A320 type rating?

I've heard it taking experienced pilots up to 50 hours in the A320 sim to get a grip on things... These guys are offering 30 plus 12 hours of procedures training (am not even sure if that's done in a sim).

Seems reasonable to me, but I have only been 737 in the main; I did do a BAC1-11 in '97 with 28hr sim and 40min on the A/C...db16

"Level C" I am not sure about that. Type ratings have to be carried out in full motion Level D simulators to the best of my knowledge. I would double check that with the Caa and the school to be safe.