I have found that the flight training outfits with all the gold stripes are the most agresive at sales and are usualy more interested in parting the punters with there cash than teaching them to fly.
I would not like to have to instruct for an outfit that uses restrictive rules to increase the flying time of a student.
Some places do manage to mix smart look with a high standard of training and not have the gold stripe BS (the wycombe air center dose this very well........and befor you ask i dont have eny financal conection to them.)