keygrip - thanks for your rude, argumentative and incorrect post also.
I apologise if i have offended your sensibilities with my post - to me the thread seemed to be about the high cost of training & landing fees in the UK.
As this is a Forum (which I believe is a place for debate and different oppinions to be heard) I decided to chime in. Of course, as with practically every other thread on here someone (in this case you) always has to start with the patronising put-downs - resulting in the other person (in this case me) feeling the need to defend themselves, and so the childish tit-for-tat goes on....
Anyway, my point was simply to point out that (as you say) the US is a great environment for getting experience of major airports. At the moment.
What can we do about it? In the UK - not much unless the GA community gets its act together along with airports.
Does it really cost the airport 50 quid to clean up some rubber marks on a runway? I dont think so - high landing fees simply discourage people from flying which is a bad thing. I do hope that people see the light and start to bring fees down - thus encouraging more flying and more revenue.
Its called MCO by the way.