Originally Posted by
Squawk7700
I went direct from Raaus to PPL in 3.5 hours including CTA (+ plus the time for the PPL flight test into CTA).
In the end, it’s all about how much the school wants to rip you off... or not.
In the end it’s all about the pilot achieving the competency required. In my experience the vast majority of schools do just that and the vast majority of students are happy with their instructors. There may be the odd rip-off merchant, but there are also students out there with inflated views of their ability.