Delta ATP-CTP Class

[Dave Theisen]

Of course, ATP-ASEL is the most useless rating ever - There's pretty much no real-world operations that require it and it's difficult to even come up with theoretical ones that would.

But yet, I have one.

 

[MauleSkinner]

But yet, I have one.

I got mine so I could act as a King Air captain.

 

[Jim K]

But yet, I have one.

Perfect. I'm going to build a cessna caravan based airline. Gonna call it Ozark. Or maybe Ozympic. That has a nice ring to it. When can you start?

 

[flyingcheesehead]

I know of a guy who left the Military with only a Multi engine ATP. It was easier for him to add a Single engine ATP than get a CSEL in order to fly a single engine airplane professionally.

Oh, it's easy enough to get, it's just utterly useless.

Max Trescott went so far as to get an ATP-ASES.

 

[jayhawk74]

Oh, it's easy enough to get, it's just utterly useless.

Max Trescott went so far as to get an ATP-ASES.

The ATP SE, both land & sea, is not useless. If you don't have a Comm SE rating and you want to fly a Single Engine, land or sea, and get paid for it then getting the ATP SE is easier than getting a Commercial SE. As you said the ATP SE is easy enough to get, especially if you already have a Multi engine ATP.

 

[MauleSkinner]

The ATP SE, both land & sea, is not useless. If you don't have a Comm SE rating and you want to fly a Single Engine, land or sea, and get paid for it then getting the ATP SE is easier than getting a Commercial SE. As you said the ATP SE is easy enough to get, especially if you already have a Multi engine ATP.

That falls under “easy enough to get”, but it’s still “useless”. There’s nothing you can do with an ATP ASE that you can’t do with a Commercial ASE.