“Won’t work for a company where the customer comes last”... sadly that does not leave you much choice of workplace in flight training! And by default excludes the mega corps....
”impressive” was a poor choice of word - perhaps “new compared to the industry normal grot” would have been better. Perhaps they have a stake in nearby car park operators?
The lack of spending on training aids is about right. At CAE the ground instructors used to complain about the whiteboard pens that only lasted about 3 lessons before they ran dry. Apparently the top management tnuc In charge at the time insisted on buying them because they were £1 cheaper per pack than the pens that would last for three months. When it was pointed out it was a false economy he demanded statistics on pen consumption and duration rates to back up this anecdotal drivel.
On such nonsense are well paid careers based. Usually until they are moved where they can cause less damage. It’s the sort of petty focus that management in the Uk used to be slagged off for in the 60s and 70s, but I think it is actually an international phenomenon because this nincompoop was from a flat, wet and boring country in North west Europe.