Its expensive ... YES, but my buddy is getting a check from DCA for $3200. A refund for "Upset Recovery Training" that they don't really offer because they don't have a plane. The one they had was a cheaper model that didn't fit most of the student body yet we ALL were told we'd have the opportunity to take the course ... and we're all paying interest on that $3200 we had to borrow for something we'll never get.
Get your $3200 back from DCA and go across the airport and get the course for $2800 and pocket the $500 left over for yourself. DCA seems to think you'll overlook the fact they don't offer upset recovery anymore and somehow they'll get your money in the end. I sadly already paid out of my own pocket for the course elsewhere and are going to have to fight to get the money back.
(I will say ... the course was awesome ... some of the most exciting flying I've done yet!)