ALL ATPs?

[sorenk]

Thanks for info. Wondering the average time it might take to get 300 mulit hours doing MEI if youre ft & devoted?

 

[logansun]

I was an instructor at the ATP base in PHX several years ago and taught the course that you are inquiring about.
As for the ATP pilots being "pretty bad as a rule"...every last guy, (ATP instructors) from that office went to a regional airline and have been highly successful.

I was wondering what the chances of instructing with ATP would be after going through their CPP? I have the inst. ticket. Would you recommend getting my COMM. locally then acquiring the CFI's with them? Are the chances of instructing the same?
Thanks, Logan

 

[Greaseman]

Logan,

The more time that you spend with them, (ATP) the better--ergo get your ratings with them. As far as the chances of instructing with them after your CPP, that was entirely a result of a guys/girls attitude during his/her training. You will make that impression early on in your training.

Best of luck.

 

[logansun]

Logan,

The more time that you spend with them, (ATP) the better--ergo get your ratings with them. As far as the chances of instructing with them after your CPP, that was entirely a result of a guys/girls attitude during his/her training. You will make that impression early on in your training.

Best of luck.

Thought I would pick your brain a minute. I have seen in threads that buying your time through an academy may not look good in an interview, have you ever been so called "blackballed" for this approach when applying for a job? When you finished ATP, did you feel the financial burden was worth it? Did they help you get a job?
I'm 32 now and I decided to start flying a couple years ago, I feel that where I'm going to school at has taken too much time. Did you experience this and then decide to go to ATP?
I'll keep the question to a minimum, thanks for your response in advance. Logan

 

[Greaseman]

Logan,

Start making COMMAND decisions NOW and absolutely forget about being "blackballed" by anyone. When you walk in to a prospective employer with a thousand hours of multi-time, (the average that ATP guys were leaving with several years ago), you will have their attention.

I too started relatively late in the game and heard all the smack about buying jobs, time etc. Forget it, anyone that has that kind of hard-on for how you built time isn't worth YOUR time. Don't worry, you will pay your dues regardless, just don't let anyone else act as your dues "banker".

It is precisely because other flight schools didn't share my sense of urgency that I'm recommending ATP.

Remember, the only reason that guys bite you in the a@s is that they're behind you.

Good luck.

 

[logansun]

sound advice! Thanks

 

[sorenk]

Hmmm, ok heard some not so good things about ATP in particular. I was/am interested in that program myself b/c the dual program seems to really get you started in the Regional direction. but...