Numbers Game
'Well I'd agree, there are far too many posts on here with no proof/back up of why they think the school didn't give a good service or give the student what they expected. But after 3 years of researching this forum I have found evidence that all 4 schools seem to have bad press'.
After 3 years, that should be no surprise but the proportion of 'bad press' relates to the number of customers and people on this forum- some of whom are either barmy or malicious mischief-makers (see above examples of their rubbish).
On the numbers, a busy FTO will have much more 'bad press' than any quiet FTO in the US or UK. You will always hear and read more negatives about the big and well-known JAA FTO's e.g. OBA and OFT but they may well be better, as well as cheaper, than all the others in bothe US and UK. EFT seems to have some... er... unusual issues at present (see another thread) so the jury is out on them. Also, this is not an American site so don't assume that any FAA FTO is 'better' than a JAA FTO in the US.