Firstly fellow instructors let us ensure we keep our messages professional. Even if we do not like some things let us respect each other! I have 'converted' a few USA trained pilots and the range goes from the excellent to the down right dangerous - and guess what it was indicative of how much they spent!! There are some excellent schools in America but you don't save as much as everyone tells you that you can so you go cheap and end up training yourself. I love flying in the States in fact I'm going touring around the Caribean (spellcheck please) in a fortnight. - Yes I will be dodging the fly north/south for one and a half hours brigade!
Anyway I think over here we are far more standardised but the country is about the size of Dallas!!! Fly safe and if anyone knows a decent strip near Nassau let me know! Safe flying as the freezing level gets lower!!!!!!!!!!!!