Originally Posted by sled14

I instructed for ATP for about 5 months after teaching at a local flight school for a year and a half instructing Marines doing IFS and civilian students. Never had an interview over the phone, more of just setting up a class date to start. Really the instructor standardization is more of where they weed out people who aren't keeping up/teaching safely. The instructors who did my standardization were really relaxed and never yelled or did anything trying to be an unruly student. They just want you to be safe and would work with you if it seemed you were trying and a hard worker.

I liked instructing with ATP, they do keep you busy but you get your hours, especially multi. From where I came from, the planes are a lot better maintained and if something broke, maintenance/dispatch would fix or replace the plane pretty quickly. I personally never saw anyone get their finances exhausted by the company. If one of our students wasn't keeping up we would keep the student informed on their progress as well as the headquarters and would go through other options for them to succeed. Not saying it doesn't happen, but I never saw it.