In over 40 years of being a club member in at least a dozen clubs during that time frame I have yet to see a club that has a strong instruction program. Not saying that there isn't a club out there that does but I have yet to see that. What I would hope to see is a few hours of ground instruction that includes principles of flight and how to make adjustments on your airplane, radio programming, how to properly care for your equipment etc. then when the flying starts, its a goal based system. First goal is to be able to fly from one end of the field to the other under complete control, next goal fly a right hand pattern, next goal left hand pattern etc. the students card gets signed off by the instructor after each goal. The actual flying should be backed up with club provided simulator time. After a successful solo the student has the option to " advanced " training that includes advanced sirplane setup and some aerobatics training.

All club training that I have seen has been unorganized with each instructor doing his own thing. The school makes great sense to me simply due to the higher organizational level.