I would disagree with one thing, knapper. On IR training in a twin 10 minutes to just taxi and do all checks, including taking clearance and setting up and checking navaids is pretty quick. We charge lift to land plus 10 minutes so as to avoid charging students for delays on the ground, but that is the company standard for PPL through to MEIR so is not really realistic for the latter.
Pipergirl
You have at least found this little marketing trick without being fooled. It becomes little more than an annoyance when choosing schools and comparing fairly, although working out how many approaches at the home airfield you are likely to make is difficult. Have you asked why they are not on landing cards? That was always one that puzzled me.