Notwithstanding FougaMagister's last post, which is subjective (I agree with him, but I can see a good counter-argument too), I think, TurboJ, the reason we are disagreeing is this quote:
Many students rock up to the school with none of the requirements to even start the course, never mind the requirements for licence issue
This is an entirely different situation to that which DW is presenting, where he is actively using his resources (including PPRuNe) to ensure that he meets all the requirements
before turning up at the school, thus (totally correctly) negating the need for assistance from his future school (which, as I said already, he may not yet have even chosen).
Therefore, the instructor is required to see them through to licence issue
I'm not sure that he is - at least, not by the JARs. The instructor's responsibility is to prepare the student for the test. The student has the responsibility of ensuring that he meets all the other criteria. There may be a requirement for the school to check these and point out any deficiencies - certainly for course pre-entry requirements, although I'm not sure about license application requirements. If the student is incapable of doing this, or is too lazy to do the research to find out what the requirements are beforehand, then by all means
Go the extra mile, in management speak !!
In fact, your employer might even require you to do this to ensure good customer relations. But it is a customer relations issue, not a JAR requirement.
FFF
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