Avoid
L3 grad here,
everything you have read is correct, an abysmal experience from a customer point of view, however their only saving grace is that 90% of the instructors I genuinely could not fault. The odd bad egg, but to be expected in a company of that size, but the majority were well aware of the treatment cadets were receiving and would bend over backwards to help you.
The company itself I witnessed get worse and worse over the 3 years it took them to complete my training. It has sold up NZ due to the pandemic, which to be honest was the best part by far of the training. It seems that it’s got to the point now from cadets that are still in the training chain that the majority of flying has been outsourced to other flight schools, with many cadets being sent to AFTA and LEA