Type Ratings
What’s The Deal With Type Ratings?
If you wish to be hired to fly for a company that makes money off their flights, then you will need to get a type rating in whatever type of aircraft they operate. You may be fortunate enough to already have a type rating from a military aircraft with a civilian equivalent, or maybe you still need to file the paperwork, but either way, if you can get your pilots certificate endorsed with your type ratings, you are far more valuable to employers. You do this by proving you’ve completed a checkride in that particular type aircraft and a FSDO can update your certificate with the appropriate type.
Not every military aircraft has a corresponding civilian equivalent, but if your aircraft is listed below, it sure does.
Military Aircraft With A Civilian Type Rating Equivalent.
Fixed Wing:
A-1; B-18; B-25; C-7; C-9; C-12; C-18 Variants; C-20; C-21; C-22; C-23; C-26; C-29; C-32; C-32 Series; C-34 Series; C-37; C-38; C-39 Series; C-40; C-42 Series; C-47; C-54; C-56; C-57; C-59; C-60; C-74; C-117; C-118; C-130 Variants; C-135 Variants; C-137 Variants; C-141; C-145; C-146; C-147; CN-235 Series; CV-2; E-3 Variants; E-4; E-9; HU-16; HU-25; KC-10; O-5; P-3; P-38; SA-16; T-1; T-39; T-43A; T-47; TC-4C; U-125; UC-35; UV-18; VC-4A
Helicopter:
CH-46; CH-47; CH-53; CH-54; H-3; H-21; H-37; H-60 Variants; HR2S-1.