I have pugged 50 minute AK runs. Yesterday I had a couple of oddball dps in my group though. Low dps, dying to purple, etc. Wiped 3 times on the wall, 4-5 on the last boss, got him down to 5% twice. Dragoon was complaining about his horrible gear the entire time.

We timed out of the instance, first time ever. If you don't know your class and at least try to optimize yourself a bit before going into AK, don't expect people to carry your dead weight. That was one of the most frustrating experiences i've had in ff so far. I totally understand why you'd bail on low dps. It gets pretty easy to foresee who is going to be able to clear the wall and who is going to waste an hour of your time wiping to it.