Originally Posted by ryane946

BS Flag. You have it backwards. Instructors specifically go to ATP to get hours as quick as possible. All instructors at ATP care about another 0.1 hours in their books. At a local FBO, you are much more likely to get a lifer instructor, or someone who cares about instructing enough to do it for a living (thus making a decent wage). How many career instructors are there at ATP? 0. How many instructors at ATP had never touched an airplane 6 months ago? Way too many.


It is also my opinion. In fact, I am willing to bet it is just about everyone's opinion on this site (with the exception of wannabe's who were brainwashed by ATP marketing, like LAFF).


There is nothing special about ATP. You fly a lot. If you fly twice a day at a local FBO, you could do your PPL in 55 days (faster than ATP's 60 day course). All you do at ATP is fly a lot, and they train you to bare MINIMUM standards. At a local FBO, they train you to become a true aviatior/pilot.


Arguing with you is like arguing with SkyHigh. Most people just ignore you because they know you are wrong. The only difference is some of these newbies may not know the difference, so it is important to raise the BS flag on ALL of your posts.
But hey LAFF, if you want to waste an EXTRA $20,000-30,000 dollars on training at ATP, that decision is yours. I won't lecture you about THROWING YOUR MONEY AWAY. I will however be skeptical if you are sitting in a cockpit next to me, knowing you were trained to the bare MINIMUM standards.