"Dudley Henriques" wrote:

I believe the real issue with accelerated
training isn't the pass/fail ratio itself, but
that a comprehension gap exists at the point
of testing (call it cram factor).
[snip]
It's this "gap" in comprehension that is the
entire crux of the accelerated issue as I've
presented it here.

How many pilots fly once- or twice-a-month after being licensed at one of those
accelerated courses? If they were too busy for traditional training, how much
time do they have to fly? How many fill in that "comprehension gap" you
describe? and how much of that rote knowledge that they crammed in 10 days do
they retain if they're only flying even 3x/month?

Rote answers don't, or shouldn't, get you through the test, unless the oral
exam is proportionate to the 10-day accelerated course--15 minutes long. A
competent, conscientious examiner digs on rote answers to determine the
comprehension level behind them. Even with traditional training, it's difficult
to remember all the answers and explanations for every area and have full
comprehension of them, let alone being able to do so *WHILE* learning to fly,
putting those rote-learned procedures into actual practice, and filling all the
flight requirements **in 10 days**! Possible? apparently. Would you recommend
it to one of your family members? I wouldn't.