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Old 6th October 2005 | 15:33
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TJF97
 
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Well here's an update to my situation:

After spending what seemed to be ages looking around at schools in the UK and schools in the States my fed up girlfriend told me "Just book it and stop talking about it" So that was it I decided that I'd go off to the states, San Diego to be precise.

So I booked off the whole of November with work, contacted the school in San Diego and they told me to register with Sevis and the TSA. I then got a visa after losing the will to live at the American Embassey in London (waited 5 hours!!)

However this is where the complications started, I then find a club in the Oxfordshire that charges virtually the same for flight training as a US school would! There is virtually a couple of hundred quid difference between this club and a US school once you add your air fare, under £4000!

(Before anyone asks I'm afraid membership is limited to service personnel, sorry)

Personally I would prefer to train in the UK, but what concerns me most is the weather especially in November. I was supposed to have a couple of lessons today but they were cancelled due to the weather, could this be a sign of things to come??

So I'm in a right old dilemma now! Do I go to the States or Stay in the UK and sleep in my own bed at night??

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