I'll be honest with you, I had considered going to the mesa program before I made my schooling decision. I decided to get my degree at a regular university, then goto a dedicated flight school. I was lucky and had friends in the industry who warned me about the nature of the MGT at MAG. I didn't know what it meant, but I followed their advice, after instructing, I got a job a what I guess most people would say is a respectable regional, and after working here, and talking to other active Mesa pilots, there IS a HUGE difference. MAG is a horrible place to work. I know flying a shiny jet has it's lure, but their contract and QOL is really bad. You won't really know how bad it is until you experience it. If you don't have a family, don't care about being home, like being treated like crap, and can live off of scraps for money, then.....you can choose that route. But if any of those things are important, Mesa is NOT the right place. Mesa as a company, has done everything they can to ruin the regionals. I would never hope for someone to lose their job, but the company Mesa, needs to go. You are better off waiting for a regional and build your time as a flight instructor, besides...you are making more money now like that I am guessing than you will at mesa, and you are home....everynight...mesa guys on reserve....8-9 days off a month.
I am far from a sky god....I worked for all my hours...and paid up the butt. But anyone with less than 500TT really shouldn't be in a jet anyway....