Originally Posted by BURflyer
If I was you, I would get the commercial, multi-engine at a local flight school and become a CFI and instruct untill you have around 600 hours. THEN try the 2nd PACE option at the MPD. This way you still get a job at reduced minumums and you have that CFI experience.
I agree PACE is a much better option, but if you get a CFI and acquire a few 100 hours of dual-given...you may as well just continue to CFI for 1000 hours, Mesa will hire you at that point anyway with no cash outlay.
If hiring is slow, PACE will probably get you in sooner, but that is not the case right now.