Sorry, but the previous comment from SENSIBLE makes me angry. It illustrates a level of intellectual snobbery that still pervades JAR training and it's high time we cut out the class crap and stop looking down our noses at others. It's not a question of being unable to "cut the mustard" SENSIBLE old chap, but rather the quality of instruction which CAN and DOES produce good pilots. The challenge for instructors is to be creative in how they impart knowledge for the different abilities of their students. A good instructor will use different methods for different students but too many people become instructors without that innate ability to REALLY teach.