Top 5 Tips for Flight School // ATP Flight School

[@EvanKelly391]

Thanks for the tips Luke.

[@thatpilotluke]

No problem!

[@Studentpilotron]

Earned my sub keep it up🔥🔥🔥

[@thatpilotluke]

Thanks will do brotha!

[@The_bodybuddy]

Love it!

[@thatpilotluke]

Glad you liked it!

[@thecookinggamer1916]

Which written exams do you need to take before you start?

[@chrisblazing3976]

thanks this is really useful to me

[@thatpilotluke]

Glad it helped!

[@NamNguyen-hg3vf]

Your tips are really helpful Luke! Can I ask what is the price per hour on the single engine? I'm doing my CPL at another school and I'm researching about ATP's instructor course.

[@venon6316]

How do you handle this ? Being married? And having responsibilities ?

[@thatpilotluke]

It's definitely a lot to handle but doable! Just have to make sure you know what it's going to take and are prepared!

[@CeeJayC3903]

I'm married too with a 3 year old, mortgage, bills etc. Definitely takes a lot of dedication and time, and lots and lots of money. Luckily my wife was very understanding (not at first), but she came around. My start date was June 17th, but grinded it out mid March. Did my Par/cax/foi/FIA prior to start date. Good content. Sub'd The read view dos are just the tip of the iceberg. The PHAK/Poh is definitely helpful. KZbin vids are also Helpful also. In reality as student pilots we fail the pave daily. Pilot: stressed Aircraft: good enViroinment: good but stressed External: family stress/ stress in general. 🤣🤣😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

[@faustohuerta2410]

Hey Luke! I hope you are doing well. I recently started watching your videos, since I am also looking into going to ATP. I am also married and would like to know how do handle being away from work while the wife handles the financial burden? I am just looking for guidance and would love to hear your opinion. I apologize if it’s too direct, and I am very appreciative of you making these very informative videos!

[@thatpilotluke]

Not too direct at all! Thanks for watching my videos. Most people will get a loan through Sallie Mae that also covers some living expenses so it makes it more manageable. So unless you have a lot of money saved up or something I don't see many more options than that. That being said it definitely takes a lot of commitment from you and your wife but if you can either get a loan or finance it yourself it is doable.

[@jigogarcia]

@@thatpilotluke I’m also looking into ATP. Just subbed. Did you personally take a loan out for ATP? Was it through Sallie Mae? Or are you paying cash? Are the payments all up front? Quarterly? Semester? Total cost for ATP in 2024? Thank you in advance.

[@skyflight28393]

Thank you for the tip Luke! Can you recommend any free app to study for instrument rating?

[@thatpilotluke]

Of course! Only app that I know for instrument training is hold trainer. It just teaches you how to do holds. As far as studying for the written knowledge test, I used Sheppard air and it was great.

[@skyflight28393]

@@thatpilotluke Thanks.

[@dedilanc1381]

Great video, I start the 15th at the Greenville location. Are you able to send that list of the mnemonics?

[@thatpilotluke]

Thanks man! And yeah just send me your email!

[@dedilanc1381]

@@thatpilotluke Awesome I Just sent you an email!

[@judegarcia764]

⁠​⁠@@thatpilotlukeHey can you also send me that list of mnemonics? Thanks

[@thatpilotluke]

@@judegarcia764 here you go! flywithluke.gumroad.com/l/gnuqp

[@christophermulholland9094]

Hey Luke! What atp location are you at? I am thinking of attending one in Manassas Va

[@Soyketzy]

This may sound like a stupid question but I genuinely would like to know if you are able to have a job while being in ATP? Something small part time? Or is that just not practical or allowed- because if you can't have a job then how do you live? Rent, gas, groceries etc. while being in ATP since I believe you don't get payed until you become a CFI for then until then how does one survive the required cost to live? Or how long would you be without an income? Thank you any response on this is appreciated!

[@thatpilotluke]

Definitely not a dumb question! It'd be really hard to have a job while at ATP, even if it is part time. The only way that you could probably work is if you can control the hours/weeks that you work. Some weeks are super busy but once you're endorsed and waiting for a checkride you don't have much going on. Most people take out a loan and factor in living expenses when considering the amount they want to take out. Let me know if this helps! Thanks for watching my videos!

[@thatpilotluke]

I would also say that the program will take anywhere from 9-15 months. So definitely something to consider when it comes to budgeting

[@Soyketzy]

​@@thatpilotluke oh okay that makes alot of sense, it just made me think I'd have to quit my job and then have no way of being able to do flight school because of money, that's a relief though I didn't know you could factor that into a flight school loan. I'm in San Antonio Tx, so it's not a high cost of living thankfully but im not sure if there's atp training here or if I'd have to go to Austin which costs slightly more. Either way, now I think the best thing to do is save as much as possible until I have to quit for atp, and do the loan thing for school and living expenses but thank you for the help and I'll continue watching!! Do you have a recommended season or month to start with atp? I guess I'll also be studying until then for the written exams and everyhting

[@thatpilotluke]

@@Soyketzy I think if you are in Texas weather should be pretty good year round for flying so not really! Best of luck. Let me know how everything goes!

[@therealyoutube1]

want to get my writtens out of the way before i commit to atp. you mentioned the PAR but what are the other exams i would need before joining the program ?

[@thatpilotluke]

@@therealyoutube1 IRA CAX FIA FOI and I think maybe AGI AND IGI

[@josegalindo7445]

Would you recommend going to flight school in November I live in Indiana

[@thatpilotluke]

@@josegalindo7445 definitely not ideal time to start but since flying would be slower it would give you more time to learn ground knowledge. Depends on your goals

[@Landon-u4e]

Dont u have to be endorsed to take PAR?

[@thatpilotluke]

Yeah usually your ground study course or instructor will endorse you if you've taken a couple practice tests and you scored high

[@RazdogTV]

Hey Luke, I am almost 14, which is the legal age in Australia for aviation. And was thinkjng of joining the Australian Air Cadets so i can cheaply get my hours and a good training, is this a good idea? Thanks man this video is great

[@thatpilotluke]

Hey man thanks for watching my video! I am not super familiar with flight training in Australia as I am doing mine in the US so I don't know much about Austrialian Air Cadets. Best of luck to you though!

[@squirrllymidget3782]

Do you perchance know what the housing situation is for ATP? I have seen that ATP has partnerships with apartments, but I dont know if they are strictly ATP students or a mix with random strangers not affliated with ATP

[@thatpilotluke]

@@squirrllymidget3782 i think it depends on the location! I actually don't live in atp housing so don't know much about it at all. Sorry

[@squirrllymidget3782]

@@thatpilotluke drat. I knew it would be location based though

[@chrisblazing3976]

which location are you at

[@thatpilotluke]

I prefer not to say yet

[@benscammell_aviation]

@@thatpilotluke you are cute haha x

[@gravity69100]

Very top #1 tip: defer/opt out from their CFI training phase, and do it elsewhere at a more reputable school. ATP CFI training is an absolute joke 🤡

[@thatpilotluke]

@@gravity69100 did you do their CFI program or were you a student?

[@gravity69100]

@@thatpilotluke I did their CFI program earlier this year, regrettably. What was supposed to be a 3-4 week program turned into 9 weeks, + 7 week wait time for a class date after I finished commercial. In contrast, I finished instrument and commercial training phases in 4.5 months. During ATP CFI Academy, they only give you 3 right seat flights before you’re supposed to be proficient in all maneuvers from the right seat. I passed the 8-10h mock oral but by the time they got around to scheduling my flight, I had ONE dual flight in the preceding 5.5 weeks. Management openly admitted part of their strategy is to fly out those 3 flights early so they can ‘see who doesn’t belong’, vs spreading those flights out to keep people proficient. It’s also clear they don’t have CFI jobs for everyone (just do the math). Thus, they have perverse incentives to continually look for off-ramps for people. It was criminal what they did. I’ve now heard from others this approach is making its way into earlier training phases. PS I had no stage check failures before this, and have zero checkride failures. I’m now endorsed for the CFI checkride from a different, more reputable school. More than that, I got the proper CFI training students deserve given what ATP charges. If I sound disgruntled, it’s because they earned it. This is just just one person’s experience though, so taken from it what you will.

[@gravity69100]

@@thatpilotlukesince you decided to delete my previous comment, despite the ending disclaimer "this is just one person's experience, so take from it what you will..." Yes, I was a CFI student and did their CFI Academy.

[@thatpilotluke]

@@gravity69100I didn't delete any comments. Literally no idea why I can't see it on here but I can see it on my KZbin studio app. And dang that absolutely sucks. Did they give you any sim time or grounds for CFI or just the three flights?

[@gravity69100]

@@thatpilotluke yeah i'm having the same issue with viewing it in my comments history, but not being able to view it here. Not my intent to be negative but I really wish someone had told me how limited the resources were going to be at their CFI Academy. That approach doesn't set students up for success and seems by design, given management's comments and with the benefit of hindsight. I was in the sim on my own daily after it became clear my mock oral and mock flight/endorsement flight were TBD indefinitely. The CSIs do 1-2 grounds per week and they're generally helpful, but apart from that, it's the blind leading the blind in terms of small group study. and obviously there's no substitute (not even the sim) for actually flying and gaining/maintaining proficiency.