Originally Posted by flier2005
I have heard that Mesa hires Low time pilots. I read an article that said the internet aplication weeds out anyone with less then a thousand hours. Here is my question. How are people getting hired with less than a thousand hours if the article I read is true?
Mesa's minimums for new hires off the street are 1000 & 100. However, they have two pilot training programs which can get you hired with about 300 hours.
One program is for people with little or no flight experience. It takes two years, costs a bunch of money, but has a high success rate (about 80%).
The shorter program requires you to show up with a COM ME. It takes 4-6 months, costs I think $12-14K, and has a similar success rate.
You can read my other posts about "buy-a-job" programs for low time pilots, but this is one of a very few such programs that really performs as advertised. Details are on Mesa's web site.