Originally Posted by
de727ups
ATP is an expensive and a min standard pilot mill. The main attraction during low time hiring frenzy's was the higher amount of multi time you get and promise of an in-house CFI job. In this day and age, you'd be better off to save your cash and stick with a small time local school. Good chance you'd find a CFI who wasn't a PPL six months ago...
Anyhow, the main thing is to get up through your CFI and get a job. If you can build your time up to 135 mins (1200 hours), it's not too hard to get a night freight job with very little multi time.
Is there any way you could go part time with your current job and work on your flying part time?
This would be ideal... But I strongly doubt they'd let me go part time. Maybe I could find a different FBO that's cheaper... that would be great. But the planes at my place are awesome... All 1999 and up, and maintained very well... But it costs 125 + 13.99 fuel surcharge to rent one of the 172SP's per hour (with GPS, only option). 45 for the instructor... I love the idea of ATP's structure... It's a shame that it costs so much.