DownIn3Green is very decent to tell
Quelch to stay in the UK to pass his tests, even though it's probably easier (and cheaper) to do them in Florida.
But it's quite permissable to do your FAA recurrent currency tests in the UK, I have not yet found the FAR which says a BFR has to be performed in a US registered plane in US airspace.
All Quelch needs to do is find a current CFI or CFII in the UK, and probably provide a plane. If you can find an American CFI in the UK who is desparate to fly - as most would be, I bet you could pay him in beer.
Quelch should either check out the pilot database at
www.landings.com, or contact somebody like
[email protected]. I don't know this guy from Adam but I've seen this name on the newsgroups, he is currently in Oxford. He writes software for pilots, check out his company web site at
www.dauntless-soft.com
There are literally hundreds of FAA CFIs who live in the UK, good luck....