I used ATP (at KTTN) in July of 1999. 3 day program:
day 1 - intro and paperwork, paired up, bookwork oral type questions, fly maneuvers (about 2.5 hours each one watches while the other flies and then switch)
day 2 - review oral type questions, practice checkride (1.5 hr each trainee)
day 3 - ATP exam, DE asked both myself and partner questions from the little ATP gouge book they gave us and some about the aircraft. Then out to the plane for the ride. About 1 hour flight.
-eng fail on TO roll
-sim eng fail on liftoff
-hood on and steep turns
-hood on slow flight
-sim eng fail to ILS to SE missed
-SE LOC app.
-VOR app.
-examiner gave vectors like a PAR app. to runway
that is it from what I remember. At the time I was flying for a 135 outfit as a Navajo CA (I had around 1800tt) and the ride was alot like the ones we did with the FAA/POI.
Paid $975 cash (it was 125 more if you paid cc)
Overall I though it was a good program. My instructor had 300 hours but flew and taught very well. Even with only 300 hours it was evident that he knew the seminole well as he had been through the ATP comm/cfimei program.
I would have used the FAA to get my ATP on my next PC ride but if I did that the owner of the 135 outfit I was working for wanted me to sign a 12 month agreement not to leave. I decided to do it outside the 135 gig as I wanted to leave for a 121 job which I did a month later.