Good morning!
IMO it was better training for the intial lessons...
The best training for the initial lessons is a procedures trainer. There is a good reason why our authorites forces all IFR/CPL/ATPL FTOs to buy FNPT II training devices. And why the first 30 (or so, depending on the training scheme) hours of instrument training are flown on such devices. Apart from providing an excellent training environment, they (ours at least) goes at less than half the hourly rate of the cheapest IFR equipped single. So it is not about taking the students money, but about making the most of his money!
And since the procedures trainer has a worldwide database of aerodromes, we can start with simple procedures and move to more and more complicated ones during the training without having to invent anything ourselves.
Regards,
max