For a start ptc do the cpl in america where the standards are no where near as high as they are in the uk cpl course.
Yup. Dick by name, dick by nature. Utter rubbish. Sorry, but how is it different? On the CPL exam you do the same thing as you would in the UK, it just happens that it's a lot hotter, the wx changes in the blink of an eye, and flying over pretty desolate, flat featureless terrain makes the cross country nav interesting to say the least. The rest is exactly the same in as in the UK!