glenb.
but i believe it extremely rare that any instructor would place a student into an aircraft primarily motivated by revenue, or hour building. If that situation did ever occur, the training
I would like to believe that but there is no shortage of anecdotal evidence that the practice is more common than you know about.
Poteroo.
The CASA manual you refer to may be a draft edition only that was sent to selected operators for their comment. It has no authority and it is most surprising your flying school chooses to use its contents which were purely suggestions as a starting point. Already a host of amendments to that publication you referred to have been forwarded to CASA. The revised Flight Instructors Manual revision is still undergoing work on it by CASA and has been for the past two years. Various project officers were assigned to its publication, but so many staff changes have taken place that final publication is some months away.
Meanwhile the CASA Publication DA 2342 - Rev5/88 Flight Instructors Manual is a good read and contains none of the myths and gimmicks that have unfortunately crept into the industry. Among other things it includes introduction to crosswind landings as an exercise to be conducted several periods after first solo. And that is how it has been since flying training in the 1940 era if only because there is no valid reason to change that policy.