Originally Posted by
RXS676
I am actually planning to leave my job (I am self-employed, and have only to tell my clients that I am not available) and do flight training full-time. But I don't believe in the all-day-every-day training style of the 90-day program. I would like to do the self-paced program and train essentially full-time, but have the flexibility to take a weekend off now and then.
They do sell the 90-day program quite aggressively; every time I call and tell them I have questions about the self-paced program, they spend the entire phone call telling me why the 90-day program is better. Not to be snooty, but it sounds like a lot of people who go to ATP have never had real jobs before (based on what the instructors have told me they were doing before starting flight training) and therefore benefit from the structure of the 90-day program. Having had a professional career for nine years, I don't think I'll have any problem being motivated, organized and conscientious.
Where did you get your ppl?
I've got the money saved for the program. Been saving since 1999. Its independent from my retirement savings so I'm lucky in that I won't be in debt. Now its just a matter or retiring and starting at the place of my choice.
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