Originally Posted by HollywoodPilot

Thanks for the notes. So, sounds like at a typical 61/141 shop, the number of non-commercial students can sustain a budding commercial (ATP) pilot.

It would be interesting to understand if the "Pilot Mills" can support that level, since my understanding is that they specialize in commercial pilots and dont really train PPLs off the street.

The follow up to that is how many graduates of large flight training academies take them up on their offer to be a CFI, and how many look elsewhere for more time.

Thanks for all of the replies!