fair comments,
I can understand that 100 hours bimbling about isn't really much use to anyone except for hour requirements. Luckily, a friend is going along which will allow us to legally do a lot of IR work (under FAA one pilot with Foggles, other as safety pilot, remaining VFR at all times), and also land at many of the bigger airports. I appreciated that the UK can be challenging and has busy airspace, but at the end of the day cost is my main concern. With the money and resources, I reckon its not a bad option, and as long as we put some effort into making the hours both challenging and beneficial, I reckon it will be as good as anywhere. Got RANT on the laptop for evenings, and want to get a very good feeling for instruments.
Also we will be hour building on the same aircraft we will be using for CPL in Florida, thats gotta be useful.