30 hours flying, yes - but 120 hours of groundschool from a guy who's had his wallet ripped out through his
by the CAA to gain his qualification.
Then the facility has to be approved by the CAA, too.
The costs for anything (other than their own rating renewals) are phenomenal for anything to do with the CAA.
This is another section of the professional world - not mom and pops registered training facility for PPL.
Another aspect, by the way, is - do you want to take food from the mouth of a struggling, underpaid, full time, credit crunched, flight instructor, for you to "have fun" at the expense of the students that you will teach during your scheduled rest days from the professional job?