Forgot to bid,
Ouch, I would be torqued about that experience as well, especially after elevating it and getting the brush off. At SAV a drop by the program manager's office would get that instructor replaced in 2 seconds.
CRM is an element in every course, but just about 2 hours out of the entire ground school. My Dash 8 experience was lacking as well, but my GV experience was superb. If anything it was too compressed.