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. Check out a list of ATP CFIs who’ve started in the last 12 months.
Minimum Qualifications & Flight Experience
ATP is accepting applications from qualified instructors. Minimum requirements include:
- Certified Flight Instructor (CFI)
- Multi-Engine Instructor (MEI) Rating
- Instrument Instructor (II) Ratings
- 100 Hours Multi-Engine PIC (PA-44 Preferred)
- 40 Hours Multi-Engine Cross-Country PIC
using Airline-Style Crew Resource Management Experience
- 40 Hours Multi-Engine Cross-Country PIC
- Garmin GNS 430 & HSI Experience
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 Instructor Proficiency Program in Jacksonville, Florida 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.
During your proficiency flying in Jacksonville, you will work from ATP's Scheduling Center at Jacksonville Beach. When a position becomes available at your selected ATP Training Center(s), you can immediately relocate and fill the position. ATP offers you unlimited use of on-site Frasca Level 3 Seminole FTDs to maintain your flight proficiency, and you will be expected to take advantage of it to remain fully proficient.
Flight Instructor Pay
- At the ATP Scheduling Center and Instructor Proficiency Program in Jacksonville, FL:
- $1,500 per Month Retainer
- FREE Housing
- While at your assigned Training Center:
- $1,500 per Month Retainer
- Performance Bonuses
- Housing Available at Training Centers
for $300 per Month (Furnished, No Lease)
Additional Benefits of Instructing with ATP
- Gain ATP's assistance with regional airline and corporate pilot job placement
- Build multi-engine and total time quickly to meet airline-hiring minimums
- Network with pilots of various professional flying backgrounds
- Work with dedicated, motivated students
- Fly the best-maintained multi-engine aircraft
- Count on ATP to always have aircraft for you to fly
- ATP Flight Instructor Alumni Network
- Check out the ATP Facts Page for more reasons
why ATP is the best flight school for CFIs
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. 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 26 Flight Training Centers across the nation. Training Center assignments are made based on instructor turnover, student load, and other operational objectives. Specific training center requests will be considered, with option to transfer when available.
Application Process:
- Submit your resume to jobs@allatps.com.
- Be sure to include any experience or certificates earned through ATP's programs.
- ATP will contact you via email.

