Just a comment for gphillips134.
No I dont work for or have I ever flown for AFT, AA, or Highland.
I was a pasts sponsered cadet and wasnt taken on by any airline after completion of the course so as I said I can give a fairly good unbiased opion. Sure id have love to have been taken on to fly any plane in the current market by AFT, AA or Highland (Id have loved personly to fly the citation or the electra) but thats not to be as they have there own full time fugly students and those of us that where on the PASTS scheme where going to go to other airlines but this was before 9/11.
So if anything I should be bitter with AFT for not having a job, but I cannot say that as the training I had was very good, and the standards in the air were excellent, and as said by others if the plane went tech it tended to be fixed by the following working day.
The groundschool notes where not the best I had seen, but like I said they have since changed since I was there so I cannot comment. I alway had a reply quickly by email unless the relevant instructor was on hols (and that does happen in any company).
I passed all 14 exams, with only 3 that I had to retake.
I passed both my IR and CPL in the first series.
And found there MCC course to be very good as well.