Actually, the CAPT program gets you the DC-9 type rating. Sounds cool, but the simulator is actually a MD90-EFD (enhanced flight deck, fancy way of saying glass panels). What does that translate to? You could work for the Saudis since they're the only folks (to my knowledge) that flies that particular plane; provided that you somehow get more hours to meet THEIR MINIMUMS which CAPT won't give you. But at 225TT plus X number of hours of what they call Pilot Monitoring time (watch someone else fly/sim) plus all the ground classes, the DC-9 basically says one thing to the airlines: you're trainable. That's it. No regional I know flies a DC-9. So essentially, you won't be using that DC-9 type rating. Looks cool on your certificate and you can brag about it to those flying buddies that don't have it, but besides a 30 second pow-wow at the bar over a pint of Guiness, that's about all it's worth.

The flip side is, people have gotten hired out of CAPT with less than 200TT with Pinnacle and ASA...if you can bank roll the expenses. Plenty of other people have done it at FBOs and going the CFI route without the DC-9 type rating. It takes a little longer, but at the end, if you got a brain, you're no less of a pilot than what CAPT cranks out. And you got more real world flying experience! My CFI for PVT outside of CAPT was a stellar example. He didn't go to any pilot factories and was so incredibly knowledgeable and a sharp stick with real world flying experience to boot. I was hesitant about the 225 hours of real flying you walk out of CAPT with from the beginning. I just figured they (CAPT + Embry-Riddle name) knew what they were doing. How wrong I was.