Originally Posted by Excargodog

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500 hours in a Cessna 150/152 will cost you less than $50,000. That plus UPT gets you to 750. That let’s you get hired at a regional and gets you a seniority number. Your seniority number continues to build while you are on your deployments and you can avoid the crappier parts of being a regional pilot but still take advantage of the relatively faster time building. And yeah, $50k is some coin, but it’s like the price of an automobile. If it will get you to a major even a year sooner it’s money well spent.