Originally Posted by BStill

I got my ATP in 1999 when I transitioned from military, before these ATP-CTP courses were required (8 hours in a Piper Seminole and a checkride, voila!). In 2001 I got furloughed from NWA for several years and never returned, now hoping to make a late career change back to flying. As an alternative to buying $5000 of C-172 flight time, I was considering self-funding one of these ATP-CTP courses to help me get back-in-the-saddle. I assume the recruiters view a LOR from this course about the same as a LOR from a DAL pilot, but in my case it could also help to demonstrate current proficiency in light of my time away from flying? Would it be worth taking the course even though ATP-AMEL is already on my Airman Certificate? Thx!