Originally Posted by
TimetoClimb
I basically have no way to get my ATP without going to the regionals (unless I wanna shell out 8K more, no thanks).
That was the intent of the rule, to "bring back" the training for Airline Transport Pilots to, well, the airlines (or 142 training centers, of which their intent was to provide airline training). The whole "take a written test and go up in a Seminole" thing was not the intent of the Airline Transport Pilot certificate and the airlines are best equipped and knowledgeable to train you and test you on ATP certificates.