Why is it these days that students 'demand' results. All I hear on here is "I've paid you for the course price, give me my licence. It is not my fault that I am substandard / not willing to put the work in / do my own research on schools, requirements etc."
As Airbus recently pointed out - the standard or airmanship is going down hill. I believe that the applicants are of a lower standard, probably due to who can pay rather than who is capable. The CAA set the standard for flight tests. And they also set the examiner.
0.5 - 0.6 additional for a taxi out, run up, and taxi in? One of two things happening there. Either you drove to another airport to take off, or you were so unfamiliar with the checklist by not chair flying that you had to move very slowly through each item on the checklist. Or perhaps this is over exagerated?
I'm sure that when all is said and done you are glad you didn't pick Cabair or PTC
