Be careful spending so much coin on a course at Vincent. The course is very abreviated with only about 5 hours flying. I believe it is more designed as a basic course just to get the rating on your licence, then do the majority of training on line (providing you have a job to go to!) 17grand is a lot of money for 5 hours.
I think some of the 1900 sim courses in North America are recognised by CASA. There are sims in Toronto New York and Denver to name a few. Costs probably run the same price or less than down under, and you get a lot more for your money. For example 15-20 hours sim, 80 hours groundschool followed by an in depth tech/procedures quiz and 3 hour sim check.
Shop around first before spending so much money.
Cheers
DB
