ctd57, one of the things that I have heard from the people who have gone to ATP is how good the XC time is. Once you get your instrument, you get to go use it in a real world situation. It is a good way to remember everything and get not only XC time, but real world instrument twin xc time.
I just want to let everyone know that I am not an ATP hater, it was just the situation that my FBO was better. If I were to go back and start from scratch, I would consider the career program. I didn't hear about it until I was to late and it didn't make sence. They have a good program that is good for a lot of people, but not everyone.