Getting the knife into FAS isn't really helping Flynumpty decide which school to get his PPL at.
All the schools will get the job done.
I haven't heard much about the EDI school and no news is good news in flight training as far as i can tell.
If your worried about cost of landing fees maybe EDI isn't for you.
Tayside is quite regimented due to the RAF cadets with pre flight briefs all pre made on overheads safety question for the day etc. Which I quite liked as an instructor. It does cost a bit more than others but then again you get free landings fees at Fife, Dundee and Perth which would proberly off set the cost somewhat. And if you decide to go down that route and later on to do commercial/FI with them its not uncommon to be taken on as an instructor.
If you are planning to do it over weekends, I would go and visit them in Fife and see if you get on with the instructors. Euan if he is still there has a very good reputation. If you want to do it intensively a week at a time or in 3 weeks go to Inverness. The cost for additional travel and hotels will all work itself out to be about the same. The advantage with Inverness is the weather, the local area and the xcountry qualifier INV-WICK-KIRKWALL-INV will be very hard to beat anywhere for pure enjoyment of flying x-country.
MJ