[QUOTE=Crash one;9750671
When I went to the flying school to begin the PPL course I was current on gliders, I had a share in a single seater, I mentioned that to two instructors, I didn't make a big deal about it, nor expect special treatment, but to start the lessons with demonstrating "basic primary effects of controls" I thought was a bit much. But I said no more and just went with the flow.
No doubt I'll come across here as some kind of smart ass.[/QUOTE]
Not a smart ass, Crash, but you need to see it from the instructors point of view. They will have had previous students claiming all sorts of experience that turned out to be invention. Working properly through the syllabus is the only way to make sure it all gets covered. Of course your progress would have been rapid given your previous experience.