Originally Posted by
afctom
That's very true and an excellent way of looking at it. I think it's easy to be swayed by the schools which state 'this is minimum time to completion, typically students take x hours'. If it's done properly with good instruction then why should it take longer than necessary.
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It’s only fair to warn that the quoted figure is a minimum and that it will likely take more. At least the student is then forewarned. Even with the best instruction, the weather and other issues outwith the control of the school can disrupt the training. In that case newly learned skills fade very quickly and elements of previous lessons need to be re-taught.
The course won’t take longer than necessary - it will take as long as necessary which is usually, but not always, more than the minimum hours.