Mad Jock,
Had I not had the foresight to look down and see your post count, I might have considered your post a windup.
It's probably best that I am not your student, aside from the obvious language barrier, I have a feeling we wouldn't exactly.... gel. What with me being 'pish' and you taking the attitude of my training having 'f*ck all to do with me'. My lawyer does not talk about me being 'pish' or tell me that the services he are provided are 'f*ck all to do with me'. As I pay a similar price for my flying training, I would expect a similar level of service. Fortunately, I get that from my current instructor.
I don't spend a huge amount of time north of the border so I am not entirely certain whether describing a person as 'pish' represents a suitable level of professionalism up there, but from my perspective that sounded very derogatory and as someone who was a 20+ solo student I take that fairly personally. I might not be the fast learner in the world, and perhaps I am slightly more cautious than most, I don't even mind being publicly criticised, I simply prefer that those that do criticise do so using a level of articulation greater than that of Rab C. Nesbitt.
Thanks