BREAKING:

Mesa Airlines has announced it will purchase 29 Pipistrel light sport aircraft for use by cadet pilots, to build time at a cost of $25 per flight hour.

Source: Mesa Airlines Facebook Page


25/he is extremely cheap (wonder if wet/dry rate) but if you flew 10 hours a day doing just pattern work assuming all over ATP required hours were met, you would have your 1500 in 5 months assuming you flew every day for 10 hours.