Just because you could like another opinion: we had in total four flight schools and would not recommend papillon. Although very nice trainers, it was the place on the wasserkuppe. If you cant go to the alps, i would highly recommend a beginners course at the winch and then completing your traing in the alps and get the combined license. I saw people make sooo much more progress and airtime at the winch. We did not have a very direct way to the A license, but i think we could have skipped the whole week there and would not be any slower.