Well - AAA have been around for a long time, people here have sung their praises, few have ever complained in this fashion. You are therefore something of a first...
I am 'guessing' that you must have been a problem student as a final bill of £22,000 from and £8,500 quote must have involved a heck of a lot of extra hours. If that were to be happening with any regularity then:
a) I'd have heard about it before now,
b) Nobody much would ever go there.
IF they charge per student for groundschool and thats an open policy available to you prior to going with them then I can't see the problem. Many schools do the same thing so it is common practice.
Whilst no school is perfect I think this anti-AAA rant is unwarranted and unlikely to be true in the way portrayed. Doubtless ex-students with happy tales will later come piling into the discussion.
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