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Anyone disagree?
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Yes. Strongly. Instructing is the way to go. I rather enjoy seeing a student that started with me from the very beginning go on to do his first solo, for example, and knowing that I got him to that point. And not only is instructing fun (most of the time), but you learn so much.
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With your time, I'd say go PACE at MAPD in FMN. Expensive... but the only school that can hook you up with a very high probability of actually obtaining a right seat job in a regional. You might have to wait a year to 18 months or more after finishing the program to get a ground school date, but that sure beats any other path to regionals I've read of lately.
Sure, Mesa is not the greatest place to work, but turbine time is golden. Beats single pistons, unless you really are looking forward to instructing for 5 plus years.
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So, get your ratings, then sit around for 18 months and do what? Give me a break. If you tried hard enough, you could EASILY get 1000 hrs. in 18 months of instructing...probably more! People who buy into this PFT crap (or whatever PACE is) are missing out. I have little to no respect for anyone who goes that route, sorry. Why shortchange yourself? Its a proven fact that instructing makes you a better pilot, and airlines would rather hire someone who paid their dues and got great experience as an instructor. My opinion, your choice. Good luck.
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I agree. Couldn't have said it any better myself. Basically, there's a lot of money handed around with flight training. So be very careful about any school that promises you anything. Also, this career is way too competative to be able to buy anything. Besides, if you really were able to buy your way through something, would you really feel as good about this as they guy who earned his hours and got a lot of learning experiences in the meantime?
Lastly, if you've found a way to save thousands of dollars to do flight training than do so! Especially, since the bottom line is that employers don't care where you've done your training at. They just want to see that you've got the certificates and the hours. They might ask how you got the hours, but they really don't care where you took those checkrides 2000 hours ago to enable yourself to get those hours.
So save your money! Anybody that is telling you to pay more for any reason is full of it!!!