It's a shame that schools like sky raiders and Babcock have just shut down. Both good schools from what little I saw of them.
I went to 43 which was great but I've also done some renewal training and ratings through FTS and never had a problem with them. And there always seems to be a lot of bored instructors hanging around so you shouldn't have trouble getting cockpit time whenever you want. Which we did at 43 sometimes with the amount of students they get.