Originally Posted by bose-x
People who take a couple of hours to go from 1 152 to a warrior or vice versa were probably marginal in the first place or they are being turned over by the school.
Bit of a sweeping generalisation verging on arrogancy.
1. Some learn quickly and retain well
2. Some learn quickly and retain badly
3. Some learn slowly and retain well
4. Some learn slowly and retain badly
The type 4s tend to drop off training courses as they are getting nowhere, the type 2s end up being a danger to us all - the 1s and 3s end up being competent (and hopefully good) pilots - speed of familiarisation does not imply depth of understanding. One of the best GA pilots I know took just short of 100 hours to get her PPL and one of the worst did it in two weeks in Florida in a total of 50 hours - don't confuse thoroughness with lack of ability.