James,
No apology needed, you are perfectly entitled to your opinion. I'm not sure how long you've been doing this flying stuff, but there are many here who wouldn't necessarily let the view of one FOI feature so prominenty in influencing their opinion. Personally I don't fly, so am steered by people with the experience to make that decision.
Overall everyone seems split fairly evenly into one of two camps (Sim or aircraft), and I think you need to look further at the whole training experience rather than the 2 individual events to find what is right for the bigger picture of your personal organisation. If your 2 visits to flight safety are the total extent of the training received in a 13 month period you may be right.
Phil