hey I was considering the same thing, I did my ppl in orlando flight training florida + hour building, im trying to decide weather to do my JAA CPL here in UK or florida, and maybe the FAA IR, which does need converting to a JAR IR back here in UK,. It does save alot of money though I agree, nut I've also heard the conversion costs can amount to the same price as a UK IR I don't know but I'm keeping my options open at the moment.