Well said WWW
The instructor/pupil relationship is a very complex one and without knowing the full background, it is very difficult to establish either what was going on, or what the instructor was trying to achieve.
No doubt there are instructors who do have power trip syndrome, but I have also seen some outstanding military aiators produced from harsh instructors demanding the best out of the student.
What matters is if the criticism/support/guidance is accurate, relevant and just.
AFT looks like a well organised set up and the nature of the instructors will be fairly easy to ascertain for myself over the coming weeks.
Yes indeed the seminole is £235 per hour solo, not including VAT or landing fees at Coventry. Plus the aircraft is immaculate and mint, having sat in it. It would appear that AFT are also standardising (as far as possible) the instrument fit from C152 through to the seminole.
AFt do not use Hobbs, I clarified that with them, it is chocks to chocks, but furthermore, they deduct up to 10 mins (as far as I understood it!) if you are delayed on the ground waiting to take off due to commercial traffic.