Hi Crazy gal
Im surprised nobody has jumped down my throat and said that it doesnt matter where you train as long as you have the licence.
What I was trying to say is that if you do go to the states be very carefull where you choose to go. Technically the states is not a JAA country it only has approval to train on the JAA sylabus. Funnily enough its the Uk that grants that approval. I did my JAA PPl here in SA at FTC. They were approved by the Uk to teach JAA. Unfortunately, it took me a year to complete my PPL as there was difficulty getting aircraft as the school was in financial trouble. The instructors werent being paid and in the end if you wanted to fly you had to bring cash so you could pay for fuel. This was going on for some time and the UK said nothing. Eventuallly, two days after I got my PPL, it was the bank that closed them down. Apparently its very hard to withdraw JAA approval once its been given. See what Im trying to say: the school may be JAA approved but the standard will not be there. take ****** ***** ********for example. Also what you've got to keep in mind as well is that the radio is completely different and IR procedures are different aswell or so Ive heard. Its ICAO not JAA. I have had a bad experience so would not advise anyone going somewhere else for JAA CPL/Multi IR training but for PPl and hour building its fine.
After saying all this, Ive heard Naples is excellent. Maybe do the training there and then do the test in the UK - save yourself some dosh. Check with the CAA before you do this and make sure you get the answer in writting.
Hope this helps
Ciao BL.
Last edited by birdlady; 4th October 2004 at 13:36.