[/Soar/BHI’s biggest mistake is signing up people who never had the aptitude or attitude to study their way their way to a CPL - thinking they can rock up to 2 x 3 hour classes each week, and be presented with a CPL at the end of the 2 years regardless of their effort.]
This point is quite valid and I think it has been raised before that CASA are not interested in whether the candidate takes 150 or 300 hours to pass the flight test, as long as they meet the standard. The problem is the expectation of the students, that they will be a commercial pilot after XXX hours of flight training.
Regarding the schools with 100% success rates. CPL candidates are carefully screened academically and given flight assessments before being accepted into the CPL course. Their parents are often involved in the final decision making and the financial commitment is explained so that it is clearly understood by all. Where a 100% pass rate is achieved, those candidates did not always pass on first go and often resit exams and/or flight tests. I understand that there is a difference between overseas and local students with the former blitzing the theory exams while Australian students often have a better affinity with physical control of the aircraft.