Great summary SD.
So if you did an FAA PPL in the States, would you then have to sit the full set of JAA exams and checkride in order to be granted a JAA PPL?
Are there any obvious implications of doing one or the other if you intend to go on to do a CPL?
If you do a an FAA PPL, do your subsequent ratings, night IR etc need to be FAA also or can you add JAA ratings onto the FAA PPL?
With thanks
Matt