Fully agree with you Cyclic Hotline.
I've worked both sides of the Atlantic (plus other places) and did my original training in the US. I came back here to the UK with plenty of experience and had to do all the ridiculous exams. I spent nearly six months being out of work whilst I learnt nothing of any consequence and and paid a fortune for the privilege.
The UK syllabus was sadly lacking in a number of very important areas whilst being wildly over the top with unnecessary technical twaddle.
The US flight training and standards are constantly belittled on this forum and almost always by people who have no experience of it. I have read on this forum that a simple 1.5 hour flight test is all that is required. I remember my Instrument instructors checkride lasting from 0900 to 1900. the flight part was around 1.5 hrs. I can assure you that it was FAR more difficult than ANY part of the UK flight testing.
Helicopters fly just the same way here as they do on all the other continents (true).
I've been here long enough! I'm going back to the US
