Originally Posted by
Xelectro
I don't know why some guys don't liek ATP. I and alot of my friends all went to ATP and that place is great if you want to get into a Regional and do it fast. Aside from the fact that I am furloghed now. My experiance with ATP was great. I instructed in a Multi-engine airplane only. And in 3 months was at expressjet. Saying that it's too good to be true is basically ignoring the fact that so many people that fly in the reginals now are all ATP grads. And the best thing is if you stay with them and have 300 Dual given, you get the CRJ course for free.
Uh, like, yeah. ATP is not known for quality edumication and some junk like that.
Like many others, I don't have the most favorable view of that company. I agree that most of the branches train students just to pass checkrides. I have met some great guys that trained there, but they were exceptional people and had to be self-sufficient because they received NO GROUND. So many pilots who are not a self starters still manage to get turned out of the pilot factory and sent to the regionals with 350 TT to lower the pay and QOL for the people that actually EARNED their licences and experience. Like I said, I have nothing against the guys and gals that went to ATP and worked hard to actually become good pilots. I just have met too many that did the bare minimums to pass the checkrides and it scares me to think that Captains in the regionals are having to give dual with 50 passengers in the back because of guys like that.
As for ATPs rosy outlook, I have to remind everyone that this statement is coming from a company that just cut half of its workforce.