"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" wrote:
Did it take you eight years of full time study to earn a bachelor's degree?
After all, four years is only a recommendation that some are able to acheive.

Bad analogy. Unless you're doing it in the military or wealthy enough to
to devote all your waking hours at it, the biggest percentage of people
at FBOs or other schools are not doing flight training "full time". And
40 hours isn't a recommendation, it is the minimum requirement. They
regulations don't make any judgments about your aptitude if you exceed
that minimum by x-number of hours...that judgment is made during the
checkride, whether you have 40 or 140 hours.

I was addressing your comment that maybe the person "lacks aptitude" and
"should quit", not how much more it was going to cost. If the school or
the CFI are milking the customer for more $$ when they know he/she is
ready to move forward, he/she needs to speak up or go elsewhere; but if
the customer needs or wants more time, and if they're okay with spending
more of their spare change, who else's business is it to pass judgment
on how long they took or how much they spent?