A theme within this thread has been that the zero-experience wanbees do the rounds of the flying schools to see who charges the least, ie per aircraft hour.
It is not until after they start flying with that 'cheap per hour' organisation that it slowly dawns on them that they are being taken for a ride in that their flying is not progressing at the same rate as their mate who went to fly with a different school that charged more per hour!. They have a feeling that they are being stuffed around.
In short they will have to do more of those 'cheap' hours to get to the expected standard.
Now if they had paid more per hour from the start prehaps they could have ended up with a more experienced instructor, one who could get them through to standard in a shorter time and therefore save them money compared to 'cheap hours charlie'.
Perhaps when we as instructors encounter the wanabees looking at prices we should strongly push the aspect that it is quality of instruction, not cost per hour, that will see them through to standard in the quickest time and with a better standard at that.
A higher cost per hour should also be indicative of a better, more realistic, pay per hour to the instructor, an instructor who is encouraged to stay on and in the industry simply because he/she is paid a reasonable wage for (good) services rendered.