Month: July 2013

American Airlines Nears Order with Bombardier or Embraer for Big RJs

American Airlines is close to finalising an order for large regional aircraft, under a procurement program that it dubbed “Project Panama”.
The Fort Worth-based carrier is “pretty close” to selecting either the Bombardier CRJ900 or the Embraer 175 and is moving forward on a purchase agreement, says a source familiar with the discussions. They note that progress has been slower than the airline had anticipated but that a deal should be done by the end of the year.
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I just got the job! What is next?

ATP provides a practiced and proven pathway to flying for the airlines, and the best part of my job is helping them transition from General Aviation Pilots to professional Part 121 Airline Pilots. Dustin Means is just such a pilot. He came to ATP at the end of June in 2010 as a Private Pilot, and then went through ATP’s Career Pilot Program. Dustin then began instructing for ATP and became one of our Standardization Pilots who actually teach new-hire CFIs how to teach in a very standardized Program for ATP. Dustin was then hired through PilotPool.com by Mesa Airlines, and sent back a description of his experiences going through new-hire training at Mesa:
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First Officer Ashley Dowd followed in the footsteps of her father, Captain David Dowd, to become an ExpressJet pilot

I saw a great article on the Being ExpressJet blog on ExpressJet’s website about one of ATP’s former students who now flies for ExpressJet. Ashley Dowd is her name and she trained with ATP at our Dallas Training Center in 2009 and then went on to instruct for ATP before being hired to fly for ExpressJet where she is now. Ashley is fortunate enough to be able to fly with her father, who is a Captain for ExpressJet. The article is below:
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