It was - until they moved it to a web forum. I don't know what it is
people like about web forums, but coming from offline newsreaders I
just can't get the hang of them other than to do a quick look up of a
support problem.


The web forum has improved membership tremendously, but there still is
not much training discussion going on. The $15 per year probably
discourages student pilot sign ups. Sure, it's not much, but why
should they pay anything when you can get it for free elsewhere?

These newsgroups have a far greater participation than any web forum,
and, like you, I prefer offline reading.