Hey all,There is the possibility of me going off to flight school next year, with the aim of recieving either an A319 type raiting to work for Easyjet.My question is, will the type rating be valid for all types (A318, A319, A320, A321) or will it be specifically for the A319.I understand that pilots go through "Difference training" between the types, but I want to know what the actual type rating is valid for.Many thanks!

All those I knew had a A318/A319/A320/A321 entry in their license (JAA) without any special extra training, even if they were only flying one of the types. So of course you will get those, as you wouldn't do seperate training for B737/B738 or similar.

yep and from that point, a tr for A330/A340 only takes like 6 weeks ;) (for later purpose)indeed there is one thing that is different on the A318 and its not trained everywhere (as far as i heard, dont know why, maybe because of the software update). Its steep approach

Thanks for the info!I thought you would have to do some sort of difference training though, especially for the A321 which i know can be easy to tailstrike during takeoff.

The Airbus family type ratings are indeed very similar, which like the 737 family, is one of the production goals for the aircraft in order to make it appeal to airlines in terms of pilot training costs, and the only really big consideration, is the risk of over-rotating an A321 and causing a tail-strike when used to flying a smaller one, since the cockpits are so similar, so that's really about the only thing which is of major concern when pilots are being readied for a type switch. Beyond that, it's things such as turning circles and clearances owing to size differences when taxying that get a bit of training attention.In fact, having produced an actual Airbus SOP manual for an airline, I can tell you that the single binder actually contains the SOPs for not just the A320 and the A321, but also the A330, all rolled into one. It's true that it has dividing sector tabs for the three aircraft, but the fact that they are all in the same actual binder should tell you that the similarities are many. Here's the manual:Al

I thought you would have to do some sort of difference training though, especially for the A321 which i know can be easy to tailstrike during takeoff.

Yes, but these are those minor details you will learn during TR. Indeed, you'll need to make some 'pitch' callout quite a bit earlier on the A321 when your fellow pilot seems to overrotate haha! Couldn't give you exact numbers though off the top of my head.

Thanks guys for the info!!