Advantages of Flight Instructing with ATP

ATP offers one of the most desired flight instructor jobs in the country, where you will earn more and build multi-engine experience faster than anywhere else.

Flight Instructor Pay

Additional Benefits of Instructing with ATP

Flight Proficiency Requirements

To instruct for ATP, you must be able to fly to Airline Transport Pilot standards in the right-seat of a Piper Seminole. This level of proficiency is required due to the flight training demands by our customers for ATP Certificates and CFI ratings. To ensure this level of performance, you must successfully complete a proficiency program provided by ATP at no cost to you. The 12-day Instructor Proficiency Program in Jacksonville, FL or Phoenix, AZ includes approximately 6 hours of multi-engine time and 25 hours of multi-engine FTD time with an ATP Flight Standards Manager and Chief Pilot.

ATP invests approximately $5,000 into your flight proficiency to ensure you meet the high standards expected of an ATP flight instructor.

Airline Placement & Networking

Instructing at ATP gives you a tremendous networking opportunity as you work with pilots from all certification and flight experience levels ranging from U.S. military pilots; corporate pilots; regional airline pilots; independent aircraft owner/operators; and career-minded private pilot students. In the close-knit pilot community, your associations will create additional opportunities which will ultimately increase your career earnings.

In the Airline industry today, timing is essential. The Regional Airlines are coming to ATP to meet their pilot recruiting goals. As an instructor for ATP, you will get the most opportunities to achieve your goals the fastest.

Seniority is Everything—Get there First with ATP

ATP Flight Instructor Alumni & Extra Income Opportunities

As a member of the ATP Alumni network, you will be eligible to provide simulator instruction at ATP on your days off from your airline job. Typical airline schedules provide an average of 14 days off per month. Opportunities include simulator training in Seminole, Regional Jet, and D-JET FTDs. The daily rate ranges from $150 to $350 per day. As D-JETs come on-line, you will be eligible to ride as a paid Pilot Monitor for newly type-rated D-JET pilots. These are great ways to supplement your income during your first year of probationary pay at your airline.

Training Center Assignments

You have the opportunity to instruct at any of ATP's 20 Flight Training Centers across the nation. With the high placement rate of ATP's CFIs to the airlines, ATP needs CFIs at all locations. Training Center assignments are made based on instructor turnover, student load, and other operational objectives.

To find out if the training center of your choice is available, follow the application instructions below. Once you have interviewed, and have been offered a start date, you will be required to come to either Jacksonville or Phoenix for just 12 days to complete your standardization and proficiency flying. You will then immediately relocate to your assigned training center.

Application Process

  1. Email your resume and requested training center(s) to jobs@allatps.com.
    (Airline Career Pilot Program Graduates need only submit a brief letter of interest.)
  2. ATP will contact you by phone. Be prepared to complete a brief technical interview.

FREE Regional Jet Standards Certification Program ($6,995 Value)

For those instructors who did not graduate from ATP's Airline Career Pilot Program with the Regional Jet Standards Certification program included, ATP provides it free to instructors after 300 hours dual given at ATP (and 500+ TT). You will be responsible for your travel to a Regional Jet FTD Training Center (Currently JAX) and also for your lodging and transportation. Check out the Regional Jet Standards Certification page to see why this program will make you better prepared for a regional airline position.

Seniority is Everything—Get there First with ATP