I just did an abbreviated course at Higher Power. It was BEYOND easy. Good training, good people, highly recommended.
I was flushed out of the US market when Aloha went out of business, thank you Dave Banmiller, Ron Burkle, Johnny Ornstein, and a few others :0) The company I got picked up with sent me to an SIC recurrent at HPA. While there they let me toss an extra $3g at them to do the type rating....Being able to do it in the NG was a huge bonus as the classic scares me :0) Can't understand all those weird dials and schtuff....
All kidding aside, contact HPA... they are pretty good peeps and provide great service as far as I'm concerned....good luck!
Oh and freight dog, NG experience helps, but it aint ALL that.....