Ya doesn't make me feel great that they are not hiring, but it might actually work out in my favor since I can't get out until April '09. That puts my application at southwest around Oct - Nov of '08 all the way until April '09, I just hope I can catch a hiring window in there. I am actually worried that they will start hiring again before Oct when I will be more than 6 months out and can't have my application considered.

As for the cost of Higher Power, since I have the GI bill to use I will end up paying just over 4k, I figure that isn't that bad for quality training...we'll see.