AA school of motoring BEWARE & HELP!!

MrsE_2

Crabman wrote: »

BSM have trainees but the AA "pride themselves" on having fully qualified instructors:

http://www.theaa.com/driving-school/learn-to-drive/driving-instructor.html

Do they still insist on 2 hour lessons?

P.S: If we're mentioning AA for google, may want to throw Centrica into the mix. That's right, Centrica. Centrica is the parent company of the AA.

Yeah I thought that about the AA.

I believed the spin, thats why I booked her with them.

Yes, still push the two hour lesson (or 1.5 if your instructor is a bad time keeper:rolleyes: ).

Happychappy

Always go on recommendations, just remember when you were at school ? who ever left saying they wanted to be a driving instructor !!

It is only when people are made redundant, lost their jobs or retire and need to work or earn extra money and have no other skills that they remember they have a driving licence and so turn to being an instructor.

The ADI scheme is easy to get through as long as you can remember the written down lesson plans, that's why you could end up with anyone of varying abilities. Therefore you need to go on recommendations and ask for an instructor who has been check tested by the area senior examiner at level 6.

Less then that is second best, angry man and sausage roll man were more than likely a 4 or a trainee. There are some good instructors out there, but like all businesses, there are good and bad and these don't need much training to set up in business

jeannieblue

Crabman wrote: »

BSM have trainees but the AA "pride themselves" on having fully qualified instructors:

http://www.theaa.com/driving-school/learn-to-drive/driving-instructor.html

Do they still insist on 2 hour lessons?



P.S: If we're mentioning AA for google, may want to throw Centrica into the mix. That's right, Centrica. Centrica is the parent company of the AA.

I may keep out of this a bit - got told off not long ago about something or other...... Don't want anymore legal letters!!

tentickles666

i had a hideous AA experience too. you couldnt stereotype a male driving instructor more! He wasnt a trainee.

I paid upfront but they can keep the money, its made me realise how much better off i am on the bus!

MrsE_2

Happychappy wrote: »

Always go on recommendations, just remember when you were at school ? who ever left saying they wanted to be a driving instructor !!

It is only when people are made redundant, lost their jobs or retire and need to work or earn extra money and have no other skills that they remember they have a driving licence and so turn to being an instructor.

The ADI scheme is easy to get through as long as you can remember the written down lesson plans, that's why you could end up with anyone of varying abilities. Therefore you need to go on recommendations and ask for an instructor who has been check tested by the area senior examiner at level 6.

Less then that is second best, angry man and sausage roll man were more than likely a 4 or a trainee. There are some good instructors out there, but like all businesses, there are good and bad and these don't need much training to set up in business

She has someone she's very happy with now.

But I still want to get the money back for unused lesson, she was shortchanged enough on the lessons she actually had, without them keeping that too, of course had he actually turned up on time she would have used them up:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: Incase anyone says its non-refundable, IF he had showed up correctly she would have been abloe to use her time up:mad:

Another thing with the late/no-show one, he wanted her to be AT LEAST two hours in credit the whole time. Whats with that Probably because he fails to turn up:rolleyes:

Crabman

helenathena wrote: »

i had a hideous AA experience too. you couldnt stereotype a male driving instructor more! He wasnt a trainee.

I paid upfront but they can keep the money, its made me realise how much better off i am on the bus!

Why let them keep the money? At least get a refund for any unused lessons (which you're entitled to) and donate it to a worthy cause if you really don't need the cash.

stoneman

My daughter also had a bad experience with the AA. I paid about £540 up front for lessons, when she started the instructor told her that the average amount of lessons needed to pass was 40!!! He left the AA after about a month, she was allocated another instructor who spent the first lesson asking her to drive around so that he could asses her driving, so this was her paying £22 for him to asses her. He left after a couple of months and was allocated another instructor, same thing, another £22 lesson to asses her driving. This happened a further 2 times until she just gave up after the money ran out. So in a few months she had 4 different instructors. I took this up with the AA but they said they had no influence on weather the instructors stayed or went and it was reasonable for an instructor of the AA to spend a lesson to asses her driving. So I spent over £80 in assessment lessons. They are rubbish and thought I was doing the right thing by getting her the best driving school I could find.

MrsE_2

stoneman wrote: »

My daughter also had a bad experience with the AA. I paid about £540 up front for lessons, when she started the instructor told her that the average amount of lessons needed to pass was 40!!! He left the AA after about a month, she was allocated another instructor who spent the first lesson asking her to drive around so that he could asses her driving, so this was her paying £22 for him to asses her. He left after a couple of months and was allocated another instructor, same thing, another £22 lesson to asses her driving. This happened a further 2 times until she just gave up after the money ran out. So in a few months she had 4 different instructors. I took this up with the AA but they said they had no influence on weather the instructors stayed or went and it was reasonable for an instructor of the AA to spend a lesson to asses her driving. So I spent over £80 in assessment lessons. They are rubbish and thought I was doing the right thing by getting her the best driving school I could find.

My daughter has had well over 100 hours of lessons, remember you can't do manovers in the rain, so all thorough the winter manovers weren't worked on.

Second guy said first driver had started teaching her all wrong & he needed to start from scratch (that was about 30 hours wasted:mad: ).
They say one hour lessons are no good:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Well I passed that way:rolleyes:

When she bulk buys she gets them for £23 instead of £25!! PER HOUR, so each 2 hour lesson is £46!!!

jeannieblue

MrsE wrote: »

My daughter has had well over 100 hours of lessons, remember you can't do manovers in the rain, so all thorough the winter manovers weren't worked on.

Second guy said first driver had started teaching her all wrong & he needed to start from scratch (that was about 30 hours wasted:mad: ).
They say one hour lessons are no good:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Well I passed that way:rolleyes:

When she bulk buys she gets them for £23 instead of £25!! PER HOUR, so each 2 hour lesson is £46!!!

Why can't you do maneuvres (nope can't spell it... gotta look it up) why can't you do them in the rain?? I'm sorry but I used to have to do my lessons in all weathers - otherwise, how do you learn to deal with different conditions? Its bad enough that they don't take you on motorways etc.

Rain?? Its just wet. Enlighten me please.

anewman

jeannieblue wrote: »

Enlighten me please.

= excuse to get over £20 per hour for no effort whatsoever. :money: