Pay to play
09-22-2022, 07:42 AM
#1
Gets Weekends Off
Thread Starter
Joined APC: Jul 2019
Posts: 164
Pay to play
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.
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.
09-22-2022, 08:52 AM
#4
New Hire
Joined APC: Sep 2022
Posts: 7
As someone who is still researching different schools/paths to ATP, I was fully expecting to go to a Zero-to-Hero school and go through a grueling 1-2 years as a CFI to get the hours. Now, it looks like the best option is to get my commercial cert for cheap and then sell my soul to Mesa. If they offer financing for the flight club I'll sign up right now.
09-22-2022, 10:10 AM
#5
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2017
Posts: 3,596
Mesa is subsidizing the time build. And they still are highest regional pay in the industry.
But after your ratings the $30k cost to burn holes in the sky (what a waste of time and money), it is still unaffordable for most aspiring pilots.
But after your ratings the $30k cost to burn holes in the sky (what a waste of time and money), it is still unaffordable for most aspiring pilots.
09-22-2022, 11:39 AM
#8
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2021
Posts: 661
Originally Posted by TiredSoul
One thing is certain, they will NOT fly 1200 hrs in a Pipistrel.
Just the thought alone is ridiculous.
It doesn’t teach you any transferable skills.
Just the thought alone is ridiculous.
It doesn’t teach you any transferable skills.
09-22-2022, 02:06 PM
#9
Line Holder
Joined APC: Oct 2010
Position: B757
Posts: 84
Originally Posted by TiredSoul
One thing is certain, they will NOT fly 1200 hrs in a Pipistrel.
Just the thought alone is ridiculous.
It doesn’t teach you any transferable skills.
Just the thought alone is ridiculous.
It doesn’t teach you any transferable skills.
Fly safe,
B757
09-22-2022, 03:26 PM
#10
Line Holder
Joined APC: Sep 2022
Posts: 27
Originally Posted by B757
.. Exactly this.. 1 in 5, if that, will make it through the Sim training..
Fly safe,
B757
Fly safe,
B757
This rumor/myth has to be displaced. I paid for all my hours because I did not want to do CFI, and I was successful in airline training.
I learned a LOT and gained a lot of experience, much more than a CFI ever would.
Me, and all my other time building pals who have done the very same thing (8+) have made it through without any issues. The good chunk of them in majors right now, and a couple at legacies.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
