Atlas Airline Academy

[Canadair RJ]

I'm sure you've all seen the ad here on flightinfo for www.atlasairlineacademy.com. Basically for 6 grand you get 30 hours of CRJ sim time, 30 hours of ground school, and an interview workshop. I was just curious if anybody has gone through this program? To me it seems like a good program and a great price. That puts the sim time at <$190/hr! At the end of it you get an interview with American Eagle. Granted right now Eagle may not be the best place if you want to upgrade soon, but you still get sim time which can be beneficial. I also noticed on ASA's website their minimums are 1,2000 TT with 200 of MEL. However, if you have level C and D sim training, FMS training, etc they'll take you with as low as 600/100. Wolud this program count toward these ASA mins? And my last question is does this really help you get a regional job? thank you.

 

[Lazy8]

I don't know about now, but when Atlas opened it's doors around a year ago it was my understanding that the sim they had was something custom built and not approved to log sim time. Anyone know if that's changed?

My thoughts... Don't get sucked into the flashy ads. There are no guarantees. Lets say you get an American Eagle interview and they don't hire you. You just spent $6,000 on something you couldn't log(and so what if you could it's not like you got a type rating), an interview prep course, and some CRJ ground training. Is that really worth $6k? If you're broke then no, but if you have money then "money isn't an issue". All of these "Be an Airline Pilot in 5 seconds!" businesses are very risky and very expensive.

If you're really interested I'd say go give the facility a tour and ask alot of questions to get the facts.

good luck

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*edit* no this will not count toward ASA's minimum requirements and I really don't see how this would give you an edge at another regional interview.

I'm sure you've all seen the ad here on flightinfo for www.atlasairlineacademy.com. Basically for 6 grand you get 30 hours of CRJ sim time, 30 hours of ground school, and an interview workshop. I was just curious if anybody has gone through this program? To me it seems like a good program and a great price. That puts the sim time at <$190/hr! At the end of it you get an interview with American Eagle. Granted right now Eagle may not be the best place if you want to upgrade soon, but you still get sim time which can be beneficial. I also noticed on ASA's website their minimums are 1,2000 TT with 200 of MEL. However, if you have level C and D sim training, FMS training, etc they'll take you with as low as 600/100. Wolud this program count toward these ASA mins? And my last question is does this really help you get a regional job? thank you.