If some people are not interested in taking up the offer of flying....
In my time, they would have been outside the boss's door fairly schnell. If they didn't have the excuse of a demanding degree, it would have been a case of "Don't let the door hit you on the ar$e on your way out.... Good-bye!" He might not have been the most popular boss in the world, but once news of his 'nights of the long knives' (or 'wanquerre cull' as others termed it) hit the bazaars, even the most idle students started to turn up for flying.
If someone can manage 6.7 x the allotted hours, or about 2 x the allotted hours even in 'traditional' UAS days, one wonders what sort of a degree course he/she was doing.
By the way, no need to get up particularly early - haven't you seen the Met.....
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