I did my PPL at the RVAC at Moorabbin in the mid 60's, possibly the busiest years ever for GA. Everybody there yelled at the students , instructors, reception staff, fuel guy, ATC, engineers. Never had a pre flight briefing of a post flight debriefing.
Some years later in my first airline job one of my line training Captains had been an instructor at Royal Vic at the time. Nothing had changed, even the halitosis was still there.