BLUF: Take the Multi Engine ATP written before July 31st.
The last of the major changes to the ATP requirements will happen this year and if you are close to getting the multi-engine ATP, now is probably the time to do it. After July 31st, before you take the Multi-Engine ATP written, you must sit through a 30 hour class and get 10 hours of instruction in Level C or D sims taught by a ATP with 2 years of Part 121 line experience. No one has certified one of these classes yet but estimates for the cost are around $15k.
If you take the written now, you have 24 months to take the practical.
Nobody knows how this will really shake out. Maybe the airlines will pay for it as part of your initial training or maybe the won't. Its tough to say.
This is the best website I found to describe the changes.
http://www.avweb.com/news/features/The-New-ATPA-Brief-Window-Before-the-Sky-Falls221453-1.html
The last of the major changes to the ATP requirements will happen this year and if you are close to getting the multi-engine ATP, now is probably the time to do it. After July 31st, before you take the Multi-Engine ATP written, you must sit through a 30 hour class and get 10 hours of instruction in Level C or D sims taught by a ATP with 2 years of Part 121 line experience. No one has certified one of these classes yet but estimates for the cost are around $15k.
If you take the written now, you have 24 months to take the practical.
Nobody knows how this will really shake out. Maybe the airlines will pay for it as part of your initial training or maybe the won't. Its tough to say.
This is the best website I found to describe the changes.
http://www.avweb.com/news/features/The-New-ATPA-Brief-Window-Before-the-Sky-Falls221453-1.html