Long story short:
The operation in the States is not anymore. Some people particularly at the end got the very bad end of it; the fact that they didn't get reimbursed for services not rendered is a total disgrace and whoever is responsible for that I'm sure feels pretty bad about it (..or maybe not ).
Now,for a good amount of years most of the people DID fly the amount of hours promised, in a pretty demanding environment, flying pretty demanding planes; dealing with extremely nice, not so nice, and pretty screwed up people. During those years, whoever didn't fly, didn't fly because ( maybe deservedly ) expected things to be easier, and didn't pester the appropiate people enough, in order to get to fly the proper amount of time.
So, I wouldn't recommend anybody one way or the other, regarding this new HK deal; as I didn't years ago when anybody would ask me, because I didn't want anybody to come blame me for anything that could happen later on.
Cheers.