Originally Posted by
MtnFlying
The Welcome pdf you should have received in the email from HR stated it could be virtual classroom training through MS Teams, which means they aren't self-paced modules. If things get better between now and March, they could move all of it back to in-person classroom instruction. Expect training to run through weekends and holiday's if there are any. I don't expect time off for the Federal Holiday's in Jan or Feb while going through and the welcome letter said to expect 1-2 days off every 6 days. With classes starting on Tuesday's that means weekend training is going to happen.
I'll be attending ATP/CTP at ATP Jets from Aug 23-30. CTP course runs Monday through Sunday and the written is completed on Monday morning. However, I saw ATP Jets latest schedule has only Friday start dates listed. Not sure if they changed it recently to accommodate "off the street" students in the Friday classes only due to the increase in airline contracted slots. When I signed up back in April, they were starting CTP classes every M/W/F.
Back to my original question from a few posts back, how far out did you guys get instructions for setting up the SkyWest Online account?
ATP Jets starts a new CTP class every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. However the Monday class is reserved only for airline-sponsored students. Individual non-airline students have the option for Wednesday or Friday class starts.
Someone earlier asked about a Sheppard Air discount from ATP Jets. Don’t do that. It is provided as part of the course…it’s free to you. The written test is also part of the course and free to you.
At ATP Jets ground school covers the first 4-days from 0800-1700 (except the 4th day is only 6 hours from 0800-1500).
There are five 2.0 hour sim lessons (FSTD 1-5). Sims may start as early as right after ground school on day 4. Sim lessons may end as late as mid-morning of Day-8.
Everyone is done with the course and the ATM test on Day-8.
ATP Jets has a 20-person testing center on-site, so even large classes (up to 70 students) are finished testing by 1600.
Go to.
https://theofficeexpress.com/foodja/ (don’t use the app, use the website), find the ATP Jets virtual cafe’ and you can see the daily lunch options (7-days-a-week). That’s the cheapest and best option for lunch during ground school.
Literally the entire ATP Jets staff, even the admins and test proctors, are pilots and will help out with anything you need. Just relax and enjoy the course, there is no evaluation other than a multiple choice written test at the end of ground school that is super easy.