David,
Maybe I was a little harsh with my comments but I STILL cannot understand why you would come so far and then want to chuck it all away.
YOU WILL REGRET IT.
I think you need to sit back and think about why you want to be a PPL. If you let a 'little thing' like an ar$y instructor get in your way of your dreams then maybe you don't want it enough.
I still can't get the thought out of my head that there is another reason for you threatening to quit and this episode was just another nail in the coffin.
We all get bad days but once you have your licence and get to fly over the snow capped Brecon Beacons, watch the red arrows practice while you pre-flight, see 2 Hercules fly past, get chased by a Tornado, orbit while a 747 comes in to land, have your wife congratulate you on a perfect greaser etc.etc.......aahhhhhhh....wouldn't change it for the world.
28th,,