OK, I got the $10,000 hat. Many of the comments were accurate, but some things have recently changed with HPA. First, they moved - make sure you know where they are located. Second, our class was large (14), so some went to sim in MSP (Sun Country), some to AAL in DFW (nights), and a couple to MIA (days). Make sure you get a strip map to the AAL facility, and to the sims within the correct building or you will get lost. Third, there were interruptions for administration and Socials - but they were not a factor for the Oral. Fourth, I would not recommend Holiday Inn nearby until the new management gets it together. Fifth, it has only been a couple of weeks and I just received a letter from the VA telling me they sent the payment to HPA. Sixth, SWA opened up application process the day my class finished...I don't have the TPIC for them, which is what I think I will have to tell a pilot recruiter when he asks: "Why don't you have a job with SWA?".