I almost got my ticket in minimum hours (then 28 hrs) with no rotary experience.
I talked my friend into getting his, same background in plank land as me but much older.
Same school, same instructors, same machines, it took him 30 hrs just to learn how to hover safely.
In the end the school made the right decisions and he is now a competent rotary pilot - no milking the client but rather training to a standard. He got there in the end and well done to him.