il second that i found the whole faa versus jaa thing a mine field and to this day do not understand it all..... i did some robinson training at ocean and it was a productive time.... although i logged the hours in my book they did not count towards hours for my r22 r44 type conversion. no training is wasted in my book its all good.... i did go on the impression that the hours would count towards my type rating though.
so before parting with cash establish exactly which licence you want before going for it.