Dear Sandy,
I think that you were mislead by Mr Plugh or by yourself to believe that you could do your PPL in 18 days. I think that it is practically impossible for any older than 18 year old youngster to learn up the required skills for PPL level in less than 6 weeks, MINIMUM. Unfortunately, older we get more difficult it will be to learn new tricks...and sometimes very difficult to accept...
I suggest that you accept that you were not able to learn fast enough and make a new trip with more time and enjoy the proper training without this kind of unrealistic time limits.
When I did my initial training we were using 4 months for the first 50 hours and I was 17! Sure sounded like there was lot of time wasted but it gave a good base for my future as a pilot. However, we were all able to solo under 10 hours!
Take your time and enjoy aviation and donīt waste your time and money in court rooms.
Best Regards,
Blues
