Luke, forgot to say you get a JI visa. The right person - me- gets a HIB leading to a green card. Sad I decided not to go. It sounds a good set up. You even get to fly an Extra 300! (They will do your conversion).
You need experience and GOOD technique (think CFS not 'Makum Me Rich Flying Club')
If your reading this Martyn, you owe me a pint.
Pilotbear. I like your optimism. Good luck with the exams, the GFT and the AFI test. Give up your social life and keep hitting the books. ATA at Coventry is best in my view as a crammer (I know that some Oxford commercial flying instructors recomend it to their struggling students, especially the weekend brush ups). The instructors give out their home phone numbers for you to ring in evenings and weekends to answer your questions. They teach what you need for the exams first and foremost, with just enough of the bull*****to keep Cash Again and Again happy.