141 ATP Graduates Have Been Hired in the Last 7 Months

JACKSONVILLE, FL — July 21, 2011

141 ATP flight instructors and graduates from ATP Flight School have received pilot positions at leading regional and corporate airlines across the country in the past 7 months. ATP extends congratulations to all its successful graduates and is proud of their accomplishments.

American Eagle, one of the nation's largest regional airlines stated in a pilot outlook letter to ATP, dated February 2011, that they come to ATP for new hires because, "ATP graduates demonstrate above-average success in new-hire training and continue to be valuable employees and safe, professional aviators. We attribute the success of ATP pilot candidates to primarily three factors: Regional Jet Standards Certification training, CFI experience, and nationwide multi-engine experience."

A quick visit to ATP's Airline Pilot Career Guide, will show you airline hiring and jet orders are on the rise. Even with the 1500hr rule on the horizon, minimums are coming down and recently American Eagle announce they would pay for ATP’s Regional Jet Standards Certification Program for pilots hired at 500 hours. ATP is proud to promote this amazing endorsement of its RJ Program.

Applicants neeed to know that the timing is perfect for ATP’s90 Day Fast Track Airline Career Pilot Program. If they enter the program now, they will reach airline qualifications well before the "1500 hour rule" takes effect. With ten leading regional airlines currently hiring, ATP provides the training airlines are looking for today with the connections you need to get hired. Learn more about the 1500 hour rule at ATPFlightSchool.com/1500.

In 1984 ATP pioneered cost-efficient, accelerated, multi-engine flight training with an emphasis on pilot career development. Today, ATP’s Airline Training Programs prepare graduates for airline pilot and corporate pilot careers with nationwide flight experience in the largest, multi-engine training fleet. Advanced jet training transitions these pilots from light twins to modern regional jets in CRJ-200 flight training devices. With thousands of graduates who have completed airline training on time and on budget, airlines come to ATP first to meet their demand for pilots. ATP flies over 7,500 hours to provide more than 300 FAA pilot certifications each month at 25 locations nationwide.