Just a note...

I know, for some of you, it's been quite some time since we've spoken so I felt a general overview would be a good way to give all of you an introduction to what exactly I'll be doing over the next 4 months. ATP is one of many professional accelerated flight schools that exist for the purpose of allowing students to earn whatever FAA flight certificates they desire. Some courses are only 3 days long, others can take 1-2 years at other schools. I will be going through ATP's 90 Day Career Pilot Program. I will be starting on January 12th 2009. ATP's Career Pilot Program is their longest and most rigorous course. It is full-time, fast paced "learn from the fire hose", and gets someone who is already a Private Pilot (like me) all the way to my Multi-Engine Certified Flight Instructor w/ and Instrument Rating. Basically, I'll have achieved about 250 hours in 3 months time and will come out the other end with every certificate attainable by the FAA except for my Airline Transport Pilot (which I won't be able to earn until the airlines). Oh and I will primarily be flying the Piper Seminole pictured at the top of the webpage. While I'll certainly be extremely busy flying and studying for all of my FAA checkrides, I'm hoping to update this blog on as close to a daily basis as possible for all of you. I hope you find this journal interesting (and a good source of insight and information for some of you current and future pilots). I also hope to be uploading as many pictures and videos of my journey on this page for you to view to help make it a more visual experience rather than just text.

I'm sharing this page with my family and friends. I've also shared this page with other pilots, and future pilots, wishing to see what ATP's all about from my point of view. So all that being said, I invite everyone to leave me comments throughout this journey! This flight school will be full-time and I'll be away from family and friends for 3 months minimum, so the words you leave will certainly make my time easier.