Thank you for moving this thread to here, much more apt.
Pandalet, I hear you on train where you want to work, money is a bit of a factor and I'm not a big fan of the UK, personal reasons. Right now the US is looking like my best option, I love it there and want to see some of it before I decide to relocate again. But dont want to box myself in with jsut an FAA qual, the more I think about it the more I'm leaning towards JAA/FAA integrated.
chcoffshore, Thanks for the Bristow link, thats seems to be a lot of peoples preferred school. Norway is just an amazing country imho. I have good friends there and really enjoy the place. I use to work offshore as a seismic navigator on ships and my mate that lives in Norway still does this, so i would like to continue in the offshore field as it gives a lifestyle I enjoy.