Havick,
lvnthedream asked: "Is your mate self funding the FAA ATP? Or is that being covered by PDT?"
I'm not aware of any operators here asking new hires to pay for their own training. Are you ?
There may have been a couple of those in years past but IIRC they were few in number and short lived.
And...you mentioned paying for your "written". Is that an FAA fee for taking the ATP written exam for which Envoy paid to prepare you ? Probably not all that much money ?
I thought the regionals doing the ATP-CTP course in-house also had examining authority to conduct the written themselves.