Old Thread -- Still Pertinent Comment
I'm presently a student at Flight Safety, since I wanted to go the 141 route. While the quality of the curriculum, the instructors and the training fleet are all top notch, there are A LOT of students here, which can slow things down, A LOT... Students are bailing out of here because of this.
As for ATP, I want to offer one comment: although they may be licensed under both parts 61 and 141, ATP DOES NOT operate any actual programs under part 141. I found this out when I asked about veterans benefits. They allow no usage of or access to veterans benefits, since the VA only funds 141 programs and ATP does only part 61 instruction. That immediately and permanently knocked them off of my list.
I hasten to add that I'm not implying anything about the quality of ATP programs -- only that they do it all under 61, and they're a NO-GO for veterans with benefits.