Hi all, first post here... currently in Phoenix for a few weeks, figured I'd knock out the ATP while here.

Phoenix: Heard some of the horror stories about AZFTC, so I'm going with Glendale Flyers (aka Angel Aviation). They just upped their prices because they got feedback that one flight was not enough to prep for the checkride, so now they do 2 flights. Program price is $2995, plus examiner's fee, and that includes 10 hrs ground instruction, 5 hrs flight instruction, and 3hr check flight. Paul is their scheduling guy, he was pretty flexible with working around my schedule. I'm doing ground instruction and one flight this weekend, then finishing up next weekend. Will pass words once complete.

Pensacola: BTW, I was stationed in Pensacola up until a few months ago, lots of guys from our squadron were planning to go through SkyWarrior. By the time I left only one guy had actually finished, he said it was all good. Prices seemed a bit cheaper than other places, including Accessible Aviation. We heard some bad rumors from about 1-2 yrs ago, but apparently they stopped using that particular examiner. Apparently lots of Navy guys also use this place. (so don't drop the soap! haha)

Written test: Sheppard Air's website has a list of all the military places that still offer free FAA testing. Luckily there were two near Pensacola: Hurlburt and Mobile. Hurlburt was going through some transition when I was trying to take my test, so I ended up going to Mobile. Piece of cake, but definitely schedule it about a month out.