Originally Posted by ctd57

I am not drinking the ATP koolaid, but I went there as a student, and then instructed there for about 17 months. I don't agree with the transition program, I think that is buying your way into a job. But it was a great place to work and build multi time as an instructor. It was fun going where you wanted to go and fly when you wanted to fly. Anyway I recommend to all pilots out there to become a CFI, it makes you a better pilot in the long run. I had some guys in my new hire class months back who had never instructed, and they were lacking basic fundementals that all pilots should have at the current level. They all made it through training though. These guys had always been students, and they will continue to be students for months to come. Not that I am still not learning how to fly the CRJ, but I feel that me and my fellow instructors who were in my new hire class were above the learning curve of those who weren't instructors, and the transition to 121 pilot was easier on us.