Spirit Airlines Announces Partnership with ATP Flight School

The nation’s largest flight school will be a direct pipeline for the Spirit Direct Program.

Ashley Barajas

Friday, February 11, 2022 at 03:58 PM ET

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Students at ATP will be trained on the A320 family for Spirit Airlines. [Courtesy: ATP Flight School]

Key Takeaways:

Spirit Airlines has launched the "Spirit Direct Program" in partnership with ATP Flight School to create a pipeline of qualified pilots.
The program will provide Spirit access to over 2,000 ATP pilot students, training them specifically for Spirit's Airbus A320 fleet.
Students can receive a conditional job offer from Spirit after accumulating 500 flight hours and become Airbus first officers after reaching 1,500 flight hours.

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Spirit Airlines has announced a new partnership with ATP Flight School, called the Spirit Direct Program, which aims to give Spirit access to more than 2,000 pilot students looking to transition to the airlines.

The Spirit Direct Program, announced Friday, will utilize ATP’s Airline Pilot Career Pilot Program, which immerses students in a two-year advanced training curriculum. The partnership will make students ready to pilot one of Spirit’s fleet of Airbus A320s.