ah brings back memories of a school i went to near london, took me 44 hours to get my cpl, got really messed around , failed 170a 3 times, told in vulgar language i was sh one t . i was told in the end i could have a go at cpl skills test and that i would fail . i went up 3 day later with examiner and pass first time , and aced it . delighted with myself i said i would give the multi engine a go at that school because i phoned around and there was a waiting list at most schools to join of least 3 months back in 2008. as i sat there for multi engine briefing and the instructor said it would take at least 10 hours to get multi engine rating and it must be passed before proceeding to ir , i got up and walk out to his amazement said thank i take my business elsewhere. i joined another school 4 months later who did the me/ir as rtn1 said and i passed on the hours with first time pass.