A bit of info..
Rather than post the link i think ill post the info......
14 Exams.
18 months to pass all fourteen starting at the end of the month you gained your first pass in any of the exams.If you dont do it in this time....you have to retake them all!!!!!
4 attempts at any one paper, but only allowed 6 visits to the testing centre.
36 months to get your CPL/IR from the date of your last pass in the last exam. If you dont do it in this time then you have retake all the ground exams again!
I dont know a great deal about distance learning, but what i can say is that the exams are hard........It takes hard work!!
I, personally, dont think i would be able to pass the exams without doing the course full time! (but thats just me)