Ho! ‘Tis the Season to be Jolly, or so the song goes. The truth is for many during this season, it’s not a very jolly time. We are faced with challenges
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HPA helps grads land jobs with SWA
In this section, we intend to update our graduates on the latest news at SWA where more than 2,000 of our grads have been offered employment. Currently, SWA is not interviewing as they have hired a number of pilots into a pool from which they will draw their next classes. Congratulations go to so many [...]
HPA graduates experience worldwide travels and professional successes
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Santa and Cupid collaborate at HPA
‘Twas the night before Christmas, And all through Southwest, The pilots were stirring, Without much crew rest. The mistletoe hung, From the cockpit with care, With hopes that Saint Nick, And Cupid would be there. Some pilots that graduated, From Higher Power, Have had their spouses, To hold in this hour. Jamie Moore is now [...]
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HPA 2008 Christmas Party Donations
Remember, staff & instructors, the close of the HPA Christmas Party 2007, when it was announced that Elvis has left the building!”? Well, he still hasn’t returned. Not even to the 2008 Christmas party. In his place this year were many “Santa Clients” who bombarded HPA with cash and gifts to bless the events’ participants [...]
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Goose and Maverick Reunite at HPA
On Oct 31, another chapter of the Higher Power story opened as students, instructors, and staff gathered in the Java Stop for a momentous occasion: the announcement of the name selections for the HPA bunnies. (No, this is not a new thing going on in the cafeteria.) Anyone in the HPA family that has visited [...]
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And there he was…
Tom Kampmeyer began ground school training on October 6 and passed his oral on October 12. The first part of sim #1 went as usual, but then Mary, his wife, called with an urgent message, “Get home ASAP!” She was going into labor three weeks early and this didn’t fit their plan. Tom bailed out [...]
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B737-800 and A320 sims on their way
What has twelve legs, four yokes, can’t swim, but can rock & roll like crazy? Answer: HPA is glad to announce the arrival of the next two full-flight simulators (FFS) at our DFW training center. Arriving in January, 2009 will be a B737-800 simulator from FSC in Amsterdam and later, an A320 simulator. Both simulators [...]
Movie Matinee “Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag”
What do Operation Red Flag (USAF), IMAX films and Higher Power Aviation have in common? Distinguished aviator Colonel Joel Malone! That’s right. Local paparazzi spotted Joel’s mug in the outstanding IMAX documentary, Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag. Hosted by Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, Red Flag’s innovative war game training exercises are designed to [...]
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Lloyds of London visits HPA
HPA hosted some distinguished visitors recently as the Chairman of Lloyds of London, Lord Peter Levene along with HPA friend Chad Hennings came by for a friendly visit. Also attending were Loriann Lowery, the CEO of North American operations for Lloyd’s as well as their Communications Director from New York. Chairman Levene was in town [...]
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