Likewise
I also found it pretty useless. Flying with a 500-1000hr experienced instructor would have been much better.
Also, when I did my AFI rating under the old rules, it only covered certain aircraft types, on which you had to have 5 hours PIC and a check flight with the FIC instructor. I ended up having to fly off 5 hours P1 on a Tomahawk so I could get it on my licence, even though I had done the entire 28-hour AFI course on it! Madness.