Well, having just re-read the posts, I think he was but I'm not one for arguing.
The point I was making is that you can't blame FTOs for drumming up business - they need to survive, just like any other industry.
If I ran an FTO in the current climate, I'd be jumping up and down offering PPL + hr bldg + groundschool packages on the basis that you can hold off the expensive flying training until the market picks up. But no doubt, someone would claim that was deluding wanabees.