Whilst the site is nominally for "Professional Pilots", it is also a business. A business owned by
Internetbrands.
They need to turn a profit, and to confine the site to only the professional pilot would reduce the revenue stream. Money as ever talks. As with all media, it is the owner not the consumer that drives the agenda. PPRuNe is not here for the professional pilot, It is here to make a profit for the owners.