As others have said, 1500 is no big deal, two years as a CFI and you'll have some fun too.

You better believe its a big deal when you need 500 HOURS CROSS COUNTRY. You aren't going to have a mere 1500 hours with 500 hours cross country as a cfi. You could easily end up with 3 or 4 thousand hours while you are losing seniority at mesa and psa by 50 pilots a month. Have fun with that.