R/T training is a shocker IMO. I remember being out on a cross country with a good mate of mine and we did a touch and go at some farm strip. He made no calls and said to me that he did not as sometimes the farmers monitor the 'appropriate' frequency when they see/hear an aircraft in the area so that they can send the owner a bill. This was a technique shown to him by his instructors to keep the costs for the flying school down. Disgraceful. Oh and we nearly got cleaned up by a Westwind an hour or so later that was cruising at a non standard VFR level and broadcast at the last moment upon reaching. Last time I got into one of those little death machines.