As for the pass rates......
I was one of numerous CPL students who failed to gain a first time pass early 2007, in fact I believe EFT had its first CPL first time pass in 2007 around early April of this year, not very impressive, it can't just be 4 months worth of below average students.
Most of the instructors are very good, however my CPL instructor didn't teach me partial panel unusual attitude recoveries as he considered it to dangerous to train! No prizes for guessing what I partialed on.
Part of the problem is having one a/c for the CPL and up to 12 CPL students waiting to use it over the time I was there.
As for budgeting for 15% overspend, this should be based on additional hours required, not hidden costs which was what I found.