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Old 05-27-2008, 12:26 PM
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Hey everyone,
Can anyone shed some light on what bridge programs are good. I've heard good things about ATP, but would like some feedback. I also want to know if anyone has taken the Simulation Standards program in Phoenix. I know they are the most affordable, but does that translate into sub par instruction or is it worth it? Anyone who has personally attended this particular training program is encouraged to respond? Any info would be very useful.

On a side not, I'm nor starting this thread to ask whether it's a good idea to complete a bridge program or not, I just want to know which one are worth wile.


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I just want to know which one are worth wile.
None of 'em.
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I recently went to Sim Standards, drop me an email I will fill you in.

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they were good when they let you get hired with 300 hours... now they are pointless since everyone stopped hiring...
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i believe that gulfstream offers one.
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None of 'em.
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Go instruct/banner tow/crop dust/haul skydivers.

You'll get paid and recieve better experience than any program giving you 20 hours in a simulator.
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Originally Posted by rickB
they were good when they let you get hired with 300 hours... now they are pointless since everyone stopped hiring...
No, they weren't good then either...
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Old 05-28-2008, 11:46 AM
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No, they weren't good then either...
Tell that to a classmate who went to JetU and got hired by an airline with 385TT. I don't agree with companies like these or the people who attended them. But it did what is said it would and got him the job sooner. Had he had waited, he would not have a chance in hell to be hired by a regional because of the slow down. What is amazing though is that in just a little more than 3 months the regionals went from hiring 300 hour wonders to being on the verge of closing their doors for good.
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What happens when he ends up on the street due to furloughs?

Now you only have a couple hundred hours in a limited number of aircraft with no instructor ratings. The tens of thousands of dollars in loans fromthe transition course only add insult to injury.
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What happens when he ends up on the street due to furloughs?

Now you only have a couple hundred hours in a limited number of aircraft with no instructor ratings. The tens of thousands of dollars in loans fromthe transition course only add insult to injury.
I hope he doesn't get furloughed, he is one number senior too me and if he goes, I am certain to go before him.
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