You have to go to ATP to get a regional job?

[UA-RESURRECTED]

Here's a quote from "Plane & Pilot", March 2006:

"Hiring managers give preference to those applicants with the most competent training. Thus, it's important to choose a school that's going to offer you the best airlines-readiness preparation".

It goes on to say that ATP is one of these schools.

So, do regional airlines really "give preference" to applicants who went to ATP??? I was under the impression that no matter where and how you learned to fly, we all had to pass the same exact checkrides, and demonstrate the same exact abilities. Am I wrong???

 

[mauipilot]

Thats funny because I was under the impression that ATP turned out the worst applicants. I refuse to even interview them because of their fundamental lack of knowledge.

 

[Pattern-Master]

My flight school actually doesn't interview ATP trained CFI's anymore after some bad experiences with a few of them. And no, you don't need to go to ATP for an interview with a regional job or any of those big name schools for that matter. I'd like to see what ATP is going to do when Express Jet stops hiring in mass quantities.

 

[Metro752]

Why does it matter where you learned to fly, if you all took the same checkrides?

Why do you ask if they went to ATP?

good reasoning

 

[Lazy8]

Here's a quote from "Plane & Pilot", March 2006:

"Hiring managers give preference to those applicants with the most competent training. Thus, it's important to choose a school that's going to offer you the best airlines-readiness preparation".

It goes on to say that ATP is one of these schools.

So, do regional airlines really "give preference" to applicants who went to ATP??? I was under the impression that no matter where and how you learned to fly, we all had to pass the same exact checkrides, and demonstrate the same exact abilities. Am I wrong???

Plane and Pilot magazine is trash. They'll print anything given enough advertising money. ATP has a new program setup with Pinnacle now where you can pay them AN EXTRA $25,000 to get hired at 350 hours. Anyone doing this should be shot.

Grove

 

[Metro752]

Since when did companies start choosing their advertisers. EDIT: Money is money.

Fox News has tons of anti-republican infomercials. That's a pretty good example. Do your own research, think for yourself, and you'll be HAPPY.

Besides the fact that you get to say "look at all those morons!"

 

[Lazy8]

Since when did companies start choosing their advertisers. EDIT: Money is money.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see 80% of Plane and Pilot magazine is filled with ads AND (ads for ATP). ATP pays big bucks for those full page ads each month. I really doubt they'd have anything written about them if they weren't high paying sponsers. Besides, every pilot factory claims to have preferred airline interview agreements. Some work. Most don't. The now discontinued ERAU Capt program comes to mind.... I recall many articles about them preaching the same nonsense.

g

 

[Tram]

ATP's just trying to put something together since their XJ connection is about to dry up...

 

[Ralgha]

Why does it matter where you learned to fly, if you all took the same checkrides?

Why do you ask if they went to ATP?

good reasoning

Any monkey can pass a checkride.

 

[Metro752]

Ralgha, that "checkrides" was Unanswereds whole point. That's why I mentioned it.