Originally Posted by cessna l plate
USA- yes you can do a JAA licence and the price is lower, but then so is the standard. A lot (Note not all) of the FTO's out there operate a factory production line of students, and you will return with your licence for half the price over here. At least one CFI told me that he would want anyone coming back from the states to have another 10 hours to get them used to flying in our more congested skies.
Oh dear, that old b
t again! They would say that, wouldn't they, so they can milk you a bit more.
While there certainly are the 'sausage factory' schools in the US (apparently especially around Florida), I venture to say you learn more over there. More congested skies in the UK ? You gotta be joking. Chaotic airspace, yes, people flying around without radio (or radio skills), yes, no ATC to speak of (for GA), yes - but more congested ? Unless you learn to fly somewhere deep in Arizona or the Midwest, definitely not.
