training materials..

[eagledriver101]

What do you pros recommend for training materials? I used the King Schools stuff for my PPL. I have just over 100 hours, and I am going to ATP early next year and I want to be as ready as possible with VFR/IFR/CFI...all the goods. What do you guys think of those types of training materials, like Sportys, and King Schools DVD's and books? and similar things. I find the info good, and it helped me for the PPL. Any other suggestions that I may want to consider before I start at ATP?


I know the Internet is good, but I can't stand e-books unless I really have too. Thanks in advance!

[v1valarob]

Originally Posted by eagledriver101

What do you pros recommend for training materials? I used the King Schools stuff for my PPL. I have just over 100 hours, and I am going to ATP early next year and I want to be as ready as possible with VFR/IFR/CFI...all the goods. What do you guys think of those types of training materials, like Sportys, and King Schools DVD's and books? and similar things. I find the info good, and it helped me for the PPL. Any other suggestions that I may want to consider before I start at ATP?


I know the Internet is good, but I can't stand e-books unless I really have too. Thanks in advance!

When I did my PPL I did 141 and I didnt study much but the ground school and jepp books. I did OK. ATP just sent me my box of goodies:


16882-PrivatePilotAirplaneSingle Practical Test Standards Books (PTS) Ordered: 1 Shipped: 1
16882-PrivatePilotAirplaneMulti Practical Test Standards Books (PTS) Ordered: 1 Shipped: 1
16882-InstrumentPilot Practical Test Standards Books (PTS) Ordered: 1 Shipped: 1
16882-CommercialPilot Practical Test Standards Books (PTS) Ordered: 1 Shipped: 1
16882-FlightInstructorAirplaneSingle Practical Test Standards Books (PTS) Ordered: 1 Shipped: 1
16882-FlightInstructorAirplaneMulti Practical Test Standards Books (PTS) Ordered: 1 Shipped: 1
16882-FlightInstructorInstrument Practical Test Standards Books (PTS) Ordered: 1 Shipped: 1
16873-Private Oral Exam Guides Ordered: 1 Shipped: 1
16873-Commercial Oral Exam Guides Ordered: 1 Shipped: 1
16873-Instrument Oral Exam Guides Ordered: 1 Shipped: 1
16873-CFI Oral Exam Guides Ordered: 1 Shipped: 1
16873-MultiEngine Oral Exam Guides Ordered: 1 Shipped: 1
16829 Airplane Flying Handbook Ordered: 1 Shipped: 1
16830 Instrument Flying Handbook Ordered: 1 Shipped: 1
16933 Aviation Instructors Handbook Ordered: 1 Shipped: 1
16831 Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge Ordered: 1 Shipped: 1
11190 Gleim Instrument Written Exam Prep Ordered: 1 Shipped: 1
11134 Gleim Commercial Written Exam Prep Ordered: 1 Shipped: 0
11188 Gleim Fundamentals of Instructing Ordered: 1 Shipped: 1
12022 Gleim Flight/Ground Instructor FAA Written Exam Ordered: 1 Shipped: 1
16908 Jeppesen Instrument/Commercial Manual JS314520 Ordered: 1 Shipped: 1
ATP14 ATP Piper Seminole Information Manual Ordered: 1 Shipped: 1
ATP69 Jet Transition Supplement Ordered: 1 Shipped: 1
18167 ASA 2007 FAR/AIM Ordered: 1 Shipped: 1
ATP59 ATP Seminole Supplements Ver 6.3 Ordered: 1 Shipped: 1
ATP15 ATP Cessna 172 Owner Manual Ordered: 1 Shipped: 1

I am halfway through the Gleim Instrument Pilot Knowledge Test "Big red" book and I am amazed at how much I am learning on my own.

I would knock out the IFR, CFII, COMM and any other writtens before going, that seems to be the general consensus about what to have done before hand.

-Rob

[eagledriver101]

Okay, so I can order all that before I go? do I call ATP and order it from them?

[v1valarob]

Originally Posted by eagledriver101

Okay, so I can order all that before I go? do I call ATP and order it from them?

You put your $1500 deposit down on a start date. If your not starting until next year, I would pick up the Gleim books from a store and knock them out. Your obviously not going to put a $1500 deposit down at a school a year out.

-Rob