Originally Posted by Cubdriver

Case in point, I have a friend who spent 65,000 on a multiengine airplane in the pursuit of ME time. This airplane was a total lemon and he ended up spending another $50,000 due to rotten engine mounts and worn out landing gear. When I told him some places are down to 50 hours ME for applicants, he just about fainted. He could have avoided the whole thing if he had known that, and flown them at the local FBO.