thanks again for your views. Mattpilot, great, that was what i was after.
Foggy, thanx dude.
Flyby_Kiwi, thank you for your response. i guess I will have to look into myself a bit too. I see too many PPL's with lacklustre performances who have fallen victim to those "hour building" instructors. I too was almost a casualty. I had the balls to **** the guy off early on in the piece, and substituted him for an instructor whose passion was/still is teaching the marvel of flight. Don't wanna carry on, could be a topic on its own this issue. In short, get ya drift, and thanx heaps for the candid response.