You are not an employee until day 1 of indoc. The ATP-CTP is still new and not part of "PSA training". It is something that we are providing for free if you don't have your written finished yet. It is in PSA sim's and with PSA instructors. That time is actually really valuable. You get a head start on training and get some time in the real CRJ sim that you will use during training later on.

I know some airlines take money out of your new hire bonus if you don't have your ATP already. We don't do that. We give you the ~$5000 class for free, and give you another $1000 worth of hotel rooms, and then the full bonus on top of that.