Private ATP at Panama City, ACPP 90-Day at Jacksonville
April 12, 2010 from Daniel Castillo

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From: Daniel Castillo <---@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 5:15 PM
Subject: Testimonial
To: jim@allatps.com

Jim-
 
I began the Airline Career Pilot Program in October of 2007 with very
little formal flight instruction. I grew up with an intense interest in
aviation and knew my entire life that I wanted to be a professional
pilot. My desire to succeed and reluctance to make such a large
investment towards my future warranted very high expectations of ATP's
Airline Career Pilot Program.

I am pleased to say that ATP met and exceeded my expectations. Within a
month of my start date, I earned my private pilot certificate thanks to
the focused and patient instruction of Mike and Dave at the Panama City
location.

I continued the rest of my program at Jacksonville and was equally
impressed with the quality and professionalism of ATP's flight
instructors. Nick Rosenbladt was my career instructor and he challenged
me daily to meet his high expectations. Nick's patience and truly
superior knowledge helped to prepare me for all of my checkrides.

ATP's curriculum is structured to create well rounded pilots, and Nick
was able to successfully customize the syllabus to strengthen my weak
areas. Only a few months after beginning the program I was in CFI
school. Walt Schammel's experience in aviation is truly remarkable and
he is very gifted at sharing his knowledge. Walt and Matt Blythe work
well together to provide very thorough flight and ground instruction;
their pass rate for initial instructor pilots is truly impressive.

After completing the Airline Career Pilot Program I was fortunate to
join the team at ATP in late April of 2008 as a flight instructor. My
familiarity with the program helped me to impart the knowledge and
skills I gained to new students at ATP. Many of my formal students are
now instructors with ATP and in several cases working as airline pilots.

After spending some time working at ATP I was able to enroll in the
Regional Jet Standards Course. Paul Templeton was a pleasure to work
with during the course. Paul was yet another patient and skilled
instructor that I was so fortunate to work with at ATP; his experience
in the airline industry made flying the CRJ FTD truly immersive.

Attending and working at ATP was a very rewarding experience. ATP is
dedicated to helping new and professional pilots alike obtain their
career goals in a successful and timely manner.


Thanks
Daniel Castillo 
(ATP JAX -> American Eagle)

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