You guys do what you want but there will always be FREE, no hassle instruction here in Central Illinois.
wgeffon,
From what I can tell from reading this thread and others what you are procliaming as "free" isn't either.
People complian that the newbies ARF shows a lack of dedication to the hobby so why trian them. Then compliants are raised if the newbie drops out and we here comments like why invest the effort when the newbies don't stick with it.
If it was offered free with no strings attached that would be one thing but go back and re-read some of these posts. One guy states that instructors should only teach those who built the plane from a kit others gripe about lack of dedication. Me I'd rather pay my instructor and tell him to shove all the high and mighty moral platitudes. Free means just that unfotunatly we as people seldom do anything for "free".