Sporty’s Offers Prep Program for ATP Candidates
The required 10 hours of simulator training for pilots seeking ATP certificates is available through a new Sporty’s course.

For pilots needing to obtain an airline transport pilot (ATP) certificate, Sporty’s (Booth 1357) has developed an FAA-approved ATP certification training program (ATP-CTP). Sporty’s partnered with ABX Airlines in Wilmington, Ohio, for the simulator portion of the training.

Pilots seeking the ATP are now required to obtain at least 30 hours of classroom study and 10 hours of simulator training, of which six must be in a level-C full-motion simulator. The ground-school portion must cover subjects such as aerodynamics, stall and upset prevention and recovery training and air carrier operations (to include physiology, communications, checklist philosophy, operational control, minimum equipment and configuration deviation lists, ground operations, turbine engines, transport aircraft performance, automation and navigation and flightpath warning systems).