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Old May 19th, 2008, 02:08   #22
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Default Re: ATP thoughts from currently attending or most recent gra

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Originally Posted by DE727UPS View Post
Seniority is nothing when you "got there fast" by skipping the CFI in favor of an RJ course, got hired at low time at a regional, and end up on the street six months later. I guess my point is that the regionals aren't the rosy picture for the low time SJSer they used to be. Today, selling the ACPP program on "get there fast" seems to ring hollow. Get where fast?

Whatever school you go to, it would be wise to get the CFI and build an experience base you can sell somewhere down the road, if need be.
Or don't make it through sim because you don't have enough experience. There were two guys who didn't make it through sim in my class when I went through. One had 350 hours and one had 450 hours.

Some people may think that since we're having a hiring slowdown that their best bet is to get hired as quickly as they can but having a 121 failure on your PRIA ain't going to look good when the hiring slows down.
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