If you're serious about aviation and want to be a professional pilot you need to get thru training ASAP and start building experience / time as a CFI.

People like to spin things but its really important to get your ratings and move on into making a living...Not much of a living, but a living all the same...

R, take a look at www.prarieairservice.com give them a call and visit. Offer the same program as ATP for 30K less.

Before I decide on ATP I'm taking a few days and visiting Herb and family in Kansas...The $400 airfare is worth it if it saves me 25-30K in the long run.

I'm with you the ATP package / time / money is very tempting. However, PAS is also an accelerated program w/ ME time and the same plastic ratings from the FAA at the end...

You can always get your CFI ratings at ATP after PAS...

-LAFF