You are barking up the wrong tree if you are looking for support on that one. I am one of those, as you so eloquently put it, "90 day wizz kids." I don't wish to hijack this thread, but take a look through the Flight Training forum and you can see what I think about ATP.

The problem is that they (ATP and others) take the airline thing to seriously. I never wanted to get into the regionals and all the convincing that they did still had no effect on me. But that's just the thing, is they push you to act like an airline pilot, CRM, checklists for wiping your butt, parading Airline guys through the office, etc. etc.

The point(s): Garbage in = Garbage out, have a good head on your shoulders and some good training behind you and ATP will be an excellent choice. There are people in their program making a career change, and if that person is already 40, then they are running out of time and are looking for the fast track. If other people want to take that fast track, fine, but then there is the rest of us that just love flying. Personally, I have a few more things to do in aviation before I am ready to worry about holding a line or wearing epaulets.