Originally Posted by
snippercr
How would the pending changes (1500 hours for 121 gig) affect going to one flight school to another? Coming out of ATP you have your Comm multi, just like you would out of Bobs school - you're still going to have to find a way to get the hours. If you get your CFI you can then build your time after you already have a considerable amount of multi time and then you should be in a good spot. I didn't go to ATP (nor could I have) but sometimes wish I would have because coming out you have a lot of multi time and if you become a CFI, you give a lot of multi instruction time.
The large schools tend to advertise "Direct to the Airline" bridge programs. I have seen this advertised YEARS after hiring has stopped. The point is that you might not want to hang your hat on such a program in the event that the rules change. In other words, I don't think I would spend extra money for a bridge program which might be regulated out of existence any day now.