Originally Posted by legalpilot

I personally went through RAA and had no problems with them. Do they drag their feet from time to time, YES. Are there some instructors that don't give a cr@P of course. Unfortunatly most places do, but is up to the person to do the best it can be done with what you have to work with. I personally did not have an experience like your nephew all my instructors were top notch.

As a student you have the right to change instructor and he could do that. That might work!? I agree that preparation for a checkride is in part the job of the instructor, however self preparation is always very important. He fail a checkride, big deal, some people do, but is not the end of the world. I went from Private Pilot to CL-56 Type Rating in 4 months and have an airline interview line up. Did I worked my @ss off, you bet! But it can be done.