Originally Posted by ryane946
1. Have you ever been to Farmington, New Mexico? Well if you haven't, then I would recommend keeping it that way. Do you want to spend 2 years of your life there???
Hahaha, I certainly can't disagree with this statement. It is quite a sacrifice.
Originally Posted by nwa757
I second that. At the end of the program you are given an interview after you've worked your ass off and got all Bs or better in classes. You are held to the same standards as the 1000hr street CFI guy/gal. If you are hired, this means that you have the same knowledge and preparation that the street folk do (perhaps a little more). The only thing you lack is 750 hours of single engine piston time-- which IMO is not excellent preparation for a jet - the B58 and CRJ FTD are better preparation. You're not paying for a job- you are simply granted a chance to interview and prove yourself.
This is a very good point. At MAPD you are trained specifically for airline flying and have to meet performance deadlines or you are removed from the program. The MESA interview process does not grant you preference or leniency because you were MAPD, it only gets you the interview. I attended a ground school of 40 jet FOs: 20 street hires and 20 MAPD grads. Those that washed out of the training were 3:1, street hires:MAPD respectively.
Originally Posted by BURflyer
What? That's crazy, MDP prices are outrageous. $250 for a twin? You can fly a light twin for half what it takes at MPD. I bet the owners of that school are bathing in money wondering how many suckers are willing to go there. Oh, and by the way $74 for a 1972 C172 around here.
Definitely a legit point. You can get your ratings much cheaper than MAPD rates. MAPD gives you two things: 1) a low time interview with a regional airline; and 2) higher quality training than your average FBO. But they are making you pay...it is a cash cow, business operation. MAPD isn't there to be charitable to aspiring pilots, they are there to make money.
As an alternative...if you don't want to do the full program. Go get your PP, IR and COM as quickly as possible, then apply to the MAPD PACE program. This allows you to dodge a lot of the expense, but still pick up the low time interview.