Originally Posted by
LowerLoon185
Boutique looks like I solid option for sure... but I’d love to skip that extra step if possible. My first choice would be going straight to a regional, but I’ve got to bridge the gap from 1000 hours to 1500. I own an airplane, but burning holes out of pocket for 500 hours doesn’t seem like an wise move with the current cost of av gas and engine overhaul hours. ��
Similar situation here, but it's ~100 hours. I could not afford to close a 500 hrs gap. BTQ, Plansense, Ameriflight, etc were my fallback plans to close the gap, but I made the decision at about 150 hrs to go to just fly it. Thought I would be closer by now. Turns out, working one of those "M-F 9-5" deskjobs (which somehow always turns in to 50-60 hrs a week) makes it hard to find TIME to fly those hours.