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socal · May 9th, 2002, 07:01

One of the instructors here at ATP has a good friend who went through the Mesa Program. While he was hired by Mesa with only 300 hours, his furlough after 9/11 highlighted a deficiency in the program: You will not receive your flight instructor ratings at Mesa. If you are furloughed or terminated, your total time will be way under the mins of every other airline -- and most likely any paying flight job. Without your CFI's, you have no way to build hours without paying for it.

If you end up at Mesa, make sure you get the CFI's on your own. That way if you end up jobless for reasons beyond your control, you can still make a living in aviation and continue to build hours.

May 9th, 2002, 07:01	#4
socal Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 82	Re: Advice needed; Doug help! One of the instructors here at ATP has a good friend who went through the Mesa Program. While he was hired by Mesa with only 300 hours, his furlough after 9/11 highlighted a deficiency in the program: You will not receive your flight instructor ratings at Mesa. If you are furloughed or terminated, your total time will be way under the mins of every other airline -- and most likely any paying flight job. Without your CFI's, you have no way to build hours without paying for it. If you end up at Mesa, make sure you get the CFI's on your own. That way if you end up jobless for reasons beyond your control, you can still make a living in aviation and continue to build hours.