Frankly we all knew, when, not if, with a number of these business's.
Maxred...spot on.
And yet if you check the array of websites you will see..
They are best/biggest/longest operating/whatever.
And then when a punter does tries to do a little bit of homework by posting on pprune, up comes a reply along the lines of..."oh yeh, trained here 5 years ago...they are great", or yeh..."they are all the same, don't pay upfront"
Here's a message for the punter...
Caveat Emptor
To find out the biggest, go to the flying school and count their aircraft and instructors (it'll be on the ops board).
To find out the best, go to the flying school and speak to the students.
To find out the most financially viable... find out the company registration details (it'll be on their stationery) and pay £10 for a full credit check.
If they appear in anyway uncomfortable/huffish/whatever at your enquries do not go there.
Use pprune and any other websites as a little wee bit of the jigsaw...not the whole story.