FAA ATP-CTP
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FAA ATP-CTP
Hi guys. Just wanted to ask if anyone of you went thru the program recently?
I do have an unrestricted FAA CPL/ME/IR and a EASA ATP with lots of hours.
Can you recommend a place to go and give me a heads up about what time frame i do have to plan.
Thank you.
I do have an unrestricted FAA CPL/ME/IR and a EASA ATP with lots of hours.
Can you recommend a place to go and give me a heads up about what time frame i do have to plan.
Thank you.
If you have that much experience, the CTP is a bit of a joke. It's designed primarily for 1500 hour SEP CFIs who are moving to their first jet and first airline. Assuming you've already flown a jet airline, it's going to be an expensive week with not a whole lot learnt (maybe some useful networking). So I'd recommend finding somewhere cheap since nobody is going to ask where you did your CTP. I hear Aerostar in Florida fits that bill. That way, you also have the option to get a Type Rating on your licence.
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Around 11k at FTI school (based in Colorado, training available in Miami).
Pan Am is a bit more (around 15k).
Plan Three weeks plus two weeks home study (about two hours a day) to pass the theoretical FAA ATP.
You have three options:
Do a check ride on a multi engine prop,
Do a sim check ride on the plane you are current on your EASA,
do another type on a plane you are not type rated (longer and more expensive but gives you a chance to apply to better jobs in case you are not a 737/320 family).
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Share2care Chauderon Thank you for your reply.
I fly a Challenger 650 presently, having 9500hrs. Looks like all the Flight School are pretty busy and fully booked.
Will keep a closer look to Aerostar as it really seems that the "big" once also ask for big money.
When I read over the programs, it also looks pretty much like the CCC (Crew Coordination Concept) we had to do in germany already when i did my ATP in 1997.
I fly a Challenger 650 presently, having 9500hrs. Looks like all the Flight School are pretty busy and fully booked.
Will keep a closer look to Aerostar as it really seems that the "big" once also ask for big money.
When I read over the programs, it also looks pretty much like the CCC (Crew Coordination Concept) we had to do in germany already when i did my ATP in 1997.
Why bother? If you have the right to live and work in the US, Airlines will be falling over each other to pay for that for you.
