RE: I want to fly full scale!
I think the national average is so high because it seems most of the instructors are low time and just sitting there to gain time to move up to an airline job. There are not many career instructors that can really teach. Most put more of an emphasis on working in the system than on actually flying the airplane. I got my pp in 1976 in 35hrs from a part 141 school. My instructor was teaching me something every minute we were in the airplane. Find a CFI that is a real teacher not one just there to log time. Also you might consider going to a smaller airport so you don't burn up a lot of time waiting for clearances and traffic. Don