I've been to a few schools by now. And I see how some places are using that system to earn more money.
One school didn't tell me anything about what I was going to do in the plane. It was down to me to read that in Trevor Thom Book number one. There was no pre-flight brief and max 2 minutes of "this was wrong, we need to do another flight and read it again". I only flew once there.
Another school, where I ended up taking most of my training, was teaching me what I was going to do, how to do it, and about common errors. Also it became very clear before the flight what the CAA required of me to pass.
Apart from that I was given a plan with every lesson and time it would take, all added up so that I could see the minimum hour requirements.
I took my CPL with 1.5 hour extra and I know for sure what I did wrong. Some of the smaller errors, was not corrected on an extra flight, but with the current lesson extended slightly or implemented in the next flight.
I'm now using the same method teaching others and am honestly not working for the hours. The school I'm working for are having a good flow of students, so when one is finished, the next one is there shortly after. The hours is building up at a good pace and I haven't had anyone fail a checkride (PPL, CPL) (knock on wood, fingers X'ed etc. ;o) I've had 2 partials though, but both of them came and thanked me for their results either way.
As of Mordacai's post earlier. I don't find it arrogant, it's more a description of the way things should be done. More pilots would fly better, safer and pass their checkrides first time.
Thanks Rene