Lorne
The warning notice which appears at the bottom of the page on PPRuNe is there for good and many reasons:
"As these are anonymous forums the origins of the contributions may be opposite to what may be apparent."
Or, in ordinary language -
Do NOT assume that all 'recommendations' come from independent satisfied customers trying to help you. 
PPRuNe rules are extremely strict about free advertising disguised as helpful contributions and Moderators are told to apply them strictly. I let this one run until it got out of hand. I've now edited some posts to take out telephone numbers - and others to remove blatant advertising by schools/instructors.
[ 28 February 2002: Message edited by: Heliport ]