A bit of generic advice for everyone. This may have been written in the previous 16 pages but I haven't had time to check.
I am assuming some of you are unaware of how EFT operate. EFT lease aircraft from Ari Ben Aviatior then offer JAA approved training, but they charge a significant mark up on the prices at Aviator. EFT (2004 prices) charged a good $100 dollars more an hour on the twin and probably a good $50 dollars an hour on the single compared to the prices paid by Ari Ben Aviator students for FAA training.
Essentially EFT is a very clever business plan, Matthew Adams claims that all the instructors are JAA qualified is true, as that is all EFT is, an office with JAA instructors and leased aircraft; EFT itself holds no capital investment in the School premises or equipment.
The sensible solution is if you are going to train at Fort Pierce do the FAA ratings with Ari Ben and then do conversions back in the UK, that way you will not pay EFTs mark up for the JAA approved training.
There are so many instructors jobs in the UK it is not necessary to sign up to the APP scheme in order to secure an instructors position.