My story... uh and a question or two

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THE_DUKE

Old Timer
I am 25 and been married a little over a year. Im taking my private checkride next monday (April 12?) anyway my wife and I have been doing ALOT of research on different schools and really like what we've heard about ATP.

I am a business owner and just recently accepted a very good offer to sellout. Which I plan to do so (I can almost fell the weight off of my shoulders).

Basically, I am very excited about the idea of teaching. I cant wait to be a CFI. Before I started my business I was a Police Officer and a Field Training Officer. I absolutley loved it. Getting "issued" a rookie and 10 weeks later had molded him into a confident, safe, and reliable officer was very rewarding.

Now on to the point:
ATP sounds good, 90 days all the ratings.
Do you actually learn something in those 90 days?
Are you confident and can you actually retain the knowledge?
I know it depends on the individual(?) but Im just looking for general stuff
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One more thing... for now at least.
If you get on at ATP as an instructor, do you get an apartment at a reduced price?

Im sorry for all of the questions! Believe me I have been looking through aLOT of old posts. Thanks for all of your help.
 
As you said it depends highly upon the individual as to how serious they are about their training, but yes, you do learn a lot in those 90 days. You'll do as much flying and studying as you would elsewhere, just in less time. I did the majority of studying before I arrived, and had more spare time than I planned. As far as flying, I was confident enough and in retrospect I especially liked the instrument training. Total immersion, sim for 2 hours then fly those approaches in the plane, every day for three weeks. It just "clicked" one day, and I soon found myself on an instrument checkride.

If you work for ATP at a location with housing, you can stay in the apartment for $200 a month, it's a single bed with a roommate. It's a great deal, but not all locations have housing.
Otherwise, you have to find housing on your own and that is proving to be very expensive for me.
 
You mentioned "roommate": Is that 1 person per bedroom or 2 people per bedroom? Just curious since you can usually fit a bed bigger than a "twin" for a one person bedroom...
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Been there, done it.... going back... just got hired!

As for your wife living with you... don't expect it to happen. I am having to leave home for a while! Not looking forward to that.... either that or sell the house and move for a job that pays $250/week!
 
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It's 2 to a room, from what I gather. Standard crash pad living, get used to it!

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Greco?
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It can't be any worse than living on a ship. 5000 people, 3 people sleeping on top of each other (within a 7-8 ft height). 3 racks, with a little storage and 2 ft or so between the top of one and the bottom of another.

"Join The Navy, See The World" and sleep close, very close, to your neighbors.
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"Join The Navy, See The World" and sleep close, very close, to your neighbors.
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Psst... You forgot "dance with Marines"!

My Marine pals get pretty offended when I say that.
 
I've been very fortunate in SAC . . . I have had my own room the whole time, and since I will be departing after tues (as long as I get my single instructor add on ride out of the way) that should be that.
 
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Been there, done it.... going back... just got hired!

As for your wife living with you... don't expect it to happen. I am having to leave home for a while! Not looking forward to that.... either that or sell the house and move for a job that pays $250/week!

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Yea she has a really good job here so she would have to stay. Her brother lives in JAX and if I end up going she would probably visit a couple of times. We are just trying to see if its the best thing right now for us.
 
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