Originally Posted by JayMahon

This was part of my confusion. I was looking at 2 seater ultralights and calling them ultralights, but they are infact LSA. A confusing segment of aviation to be sure.

Not interested in these for my logbook. I'm getting the hours the CFI route.

I was curious about ultralights as an inexpensive method of flying with my kids. It'd be nice for General Aviation if time in a larger 2 seat ultralight (Light Sport Aircraft) would be useful in obtaining a PPL and count toward general TT metrics on ATP.