The course isnt oversubscribed, they take on as much as they can handle, but the DA42 sim is busy!
I was extremely happy with my training at Stapleford, the instructors are excellent. You'll see 8-10 weeks quoted as you will only get one detail per day. This allows you to absorb more - some days if I had done two I think i'd have exploded. It works in the long run though, I would have had a first time pass except for a silly mistake I made on my NDB hold, which I redid with no problems.
Give the school a call and ask for Lisa, she's very helpful (yes I know your reading this
) and i'm sure she'll answer anything you have, or even give you a tour around if you ask nicely.
Horgy