..and of course not forgetting that the FAA will issue you a nice shiny FAA IR, and all you have to do is show them your superb JAA one, and take a simple computer written exam, for a grand cost of around $75. Then, why not get a 'tower en-route' into LAX or IFR into Miami, with a taxi back, while picking up your new clearance to go somewhere else (because you can), the grand cost of all of this....just the flight time....