OK Wow, yeah I should have been much clearer here. I wrote that he is going for his commercial certificate, meaning to start training, not to take the test.
Going for a certificate could mean thinking about it, started training, up to going out the door to take the exam.....
I now see why it was interpreted that way. My mistake. I have not even started this training yet. I was in the process of writing a syllabus and basic lesson plans for this individual student because he is a slightly different scenario than most new commercial students (trying to do an accelerated program with him and he is a very competent pilot). I don't want to make him pay for additional training that isn't completely necessary.
Good for you. Prepration and planning avoid poor performance.
I didn't have a PTS with me at home (I now know that they are online in PDFs, thank you RakeFlight), so I figured I would get some quick verification from other professionals, which I got in the first 2 replies.
So if this was a specific discussion, you were getting an area to research your self or were you getting "legal" advice from a fourm? The former I would say good for you, the latter I would say don't bet the farm on free legal advice.
Sorry for the poor phrasing in the question, and I could do without the lectures on how to do my job.