I’m a senior in high school graduating in May of 2025 and I my goal is to become an airline pilot. I’ve researched a lot about ATP but I haven’t been able to reach anyone with questions. Why should I choose ATP? What are the pros and cons of ATP? What information is there on the Massachusetts locations? Is it a good program to start from zero time?
I have further more questions but these are the main ones I have. Hopeful to receive some answers.
Thank you!
Isn’t that what you’re doing now? Further virtually every thread on here (and the ATP website itself) pretty much answer the questions you’re asking. The reason I’m pointing this out is because if your “goal is to become an airline pilot”, you’ll really need to step up your research ability. Flight school and airline training isn’t like HS, you’ll be given the resources you need but it’s up to YOU to find the answers. With that here are some quick and dirty answers:
ATP is the largest most successful flight school in the country. They’ve been training pilots for the airlines for 40yrs, have had tens of thousands of grads hired (average 1,000+ every 12mos) and more partnerships and agreements than any other school in the country.
The pros are the above plus the benefit of training in a program created by airline pilots to train airline pilots. The biggest “con” (if you can call it that) is ATP most definitely isn’t for everyone. The program is modeled after actual airline training and it’s highly accelerated. It requires a 100% commitment for success and frankly not everyone is up to the task. With that in mind not everyone should be an airline pilot either.
Directory of Flight Training School Locations / ATP Flight School
The program was created for this purpose and most other programs in the country were created by ATP grads and modeled after the Airline Career Pilot Program.
Adam