most people do their ATPL's in 6 months
that is not true....it could be the case if you are not working and dedicate yourself to the ATPL studies fulltime.
Most of the people(who are all employed pilots) i know who have done the exams have completed them in a time frame ranging from a year upwards. You have to remember 96er that a lot of people have partners,children and other commitments that doesn't simply let them drop everything to rush themselves through exams in a six month period...I did my exams over a 10 month period and i work fulltime, which I thought was pretty good going
drop the attitude about pass averages and time frames of course/exam completion, it isn't relevant at the end of the day. It is the same qualification whether it took two months or eighteen months..but then again if it makes up for something you are lacking in your life, please, feel free to continue....
by the way, just out of interest, do u wear a size four shoe or drive an excessively huge car?