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Will you get proper training in an accelerated course? You may, but
you will have to pay through the nose for it.

I would like to know what your basis is for this assertion.

Simple economics. Teaching an accelerated course isn't something that
you can do in your spare time (as opposed to teaching a non-accelerated
course, which is something many pilots do in their spare time) and
hiring someone who is actually qualified to teach IFR flying (as
opposed to passing an instrument checkride) to do so full time in
piston singles is going to be expensive, since those hours don't
contribute to career advancement.

Could you provide some data which show the comparative costs of
accelerated courses, versus non-accelerated?

Yes. PIC (which is basically the gold standard of these courses, and
employs instructors with thousands, not hundreds, of hours) costs
$4000, plus travel and accomodation expenses for the instructor. This
does not include aircraft costs. By comparison, the local FBO charges
$33/hr.

Presumably you have data that show some kind of average of the total
hours of instruction which one requires under the respective modes,
in order to make a fair comparison.

Our local FBO charges $25/hr for the simulator, which is typical. So
let's knock off $500 from the $4000 charge. At $33/hr, we're looking
at paying for 100+ hours of dual before we hit $3500, and we haven't
even started on the accomodations or travel costs.

You think 100+ hours of dual is average? I sure don't. In fact, I've
NEVER seen it take that long.

Not saying it's not worth it - just that it's expensive.

Michael