Hi Haggis
Im just going to come out and say this - I will probably be shot down but what the hell. I would be very reluctant with obtaining a JAA CPL outside the Uk if you want to work in the UK. I have a JAA PPL from South Africa and unfortunately two days after I completed my test the school went bankrupt. The UK is the only JAA country that can provide approval to schools in other countries to train on the JAA system. The school I went to, was having problems for a long time eg instructors not being paid, airplanes not being properly maintained and to top it all off the owners did a runner with the students money. The UK CAA did nothing about it, it was actually the sherif who was called in because their debts werent being paid off. The point is, people get into the trap of because its JAA approved it must be a good school. This is not the case. Another reason I would be reluctant to do JAA CPL training abroad is that European companies are generally reluctant to take on pilots who have not trained in Europeanan airspace and lets face it lads with there being so few jobs out there anything that will make are cv's appear higher in the pile is a bonus.
Having said all this, you could save money by doing the PPl and most of your hour building elsewhere then return to the Uk to do CPL and Multi IR etc. .
Ciao BL
