Airline Pilot

Just 18 short months ago, pilots chasing an airline job had a nearly bottomless well of opportunities to draw from. Industry experts compared the scarcity of experienced cockpit crewmembers to the 1960s—when the major airlines were so needy, they actually subsidized pilot training. As 2019 drew to a close, it was fairly common for regional […]

Lexie and Emily Wilson, 25-year-old sisters from Austin, Texas, wanted to make some career changes and had their eyes on aviation. After touring ATP, they knew it was the school they wanted to go to. ATP offered the sisters a timeline that really felt attainable, and their goal of getting to the airlines would be […]

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ATP and SkyWest Airlines have enhanced their tuition reimbursement program, which provides financial assistance to qualifying students with its Airline Pilot Hiring Partnership. Candidates enrolled in the training organization’s Airline Career Pilot Program can now receive up to $17,500 in assistance and take advantage of the partnership’s fast track from graduation to employment. The Jacksonville, […]

The path to becoming a professional pilot has evolved a lot in the past eight years, following the implementation of new regulations and testing guidance governing how pilots of transport-category aircraft obtain certification. While it’s possible to fly professionally with a certificate for commercial single-engine operations, most pilots intending to fly for the airlines, commuter […]

Kris Dahlke, a former U.S. Air Force F-16 avionics technician, was 34 when he started flying the line at PSA this past November, a professional move he began working on just two years before at ATP Flight School’s St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport (PIE) location, just west of Tampa. But Dahlke’s aviation career actually began many […]

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Dalton Caldwell, a native of Brownsboro, Texas, was not one of those kids who lived and breathed airplanes from the time he was born; it took a couple of years for that passion to take hold. When his mom first introduced him to his soon-to-be stepfather, she mentioned he was a pilot, a Boeing 747 […]

By the time most pilots have begun applying to the major airlines, they can usually recite the carrier’s requirements, whether it’s total flight or PIC time, education, experience or myriad other demands. Sometimes though, a pilot manages to win a seat in an airline class despite not meeting each and every requirement. Consider formal education. […]

Careers are funny sometimes. Despite conscientious planning, they sometimes turn on a dime and point a person in the most unexpected direction. Holt Lindenberger completed his professional flight training with ATP in November 2013 and wanted to reward himself for all the hard work it took to earn his commercial, instrument and CFI ratings. “The […]