At richmond now. Im my cross-country phase of the program. Its a good location, good CFI's. Im not 100% sold on ATP, as I know there are alot of things I would do differently, aka Customer service. It is true, when folks here say when they got your money they treat you like trash.
I am nervous to go through the CFI course. Both CFI locations, from the folks I know who went to them, says they get little to no instruction. And as for the CFI checkride, it looks like they sign off the 50% of folks at jacksonville they feel will pass, then send the other students from atlanta down to jax to "fail".
So if your a good self-starter, then rock on that. There has been a rumor that the are no longer letting people do the regional jet course, they just give them their $2500 and say they can do it at that same price within the next two years. Couple of folks have gotten the check, without opting out. We'll see in a few weeks when I head out.
New students are drying up. Ric has gone from having about 8 new students a month to 3-4. Things are slow, dont expect a TRUE 90 day program. There are guys here who started the private back in Febuary still. I myself am already a month or so behind.
Anyways, good luck to you.