Without going into the whole "not even in the same world" discussion.
HAAS control is very easy to learn.
That said it takes at almost a day to show a group of 3 experienced machinists just how to operate it.
That involves some MDI, Tool Probing, Tool Setting, Jogging, you name it.
Other than that it that was me i would buy what i can afford.
If i needed a machine to run some parts for a living, and could afford HAAS, i would not even think about tormach. (not trying to offend anyone)
The difference in productivity is easily ten fold. That is the difference between making 10$ versus 100$ per hour.
Because of this "difference of kind" i believe there is little benefit to train people of Tormach. If anything they would be too slow and scared when moving to real machines.