Thanks guys for your help. it is of most use! As you can imagine i wnat to be sure about these things before committing serious amounts of hard earned cash!!
But my plan is:-
Go to hai on an M1 visa and do my FAA/JAA CPLH, FAA Instructor, Instrument, Instrument Instructor ratings, then hopefully get an instructing position. Come back to th UK for a couple of weeks then go back to start the job on the full J1 visa.
Does this sound practical/possible. Any of you guys done this route?
Popa.