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Old 29th May 2011, 18:16
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NickLappos
 
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Come to the US, by the time you pay passage and living expenses, the vastly lesser school costs wash out, but the adventure, and exposure to a very much less stultified flying system will make you a happier (and I would argue, gasp, better) pilot. Bristow School in Florida is wonderful, and has a great reputation, as well as a JAR curriculum that equals anything in jolly old. PM me, I can give you the contact info for a few students who think highly of the school.
Florida is a great place of itself, too.

I now await the onslaught. The last time I spouted off like this, it ended up with me inviting any doubters to fly a night IFR flight from Bridgeport Connecticut to Buffalo New York, as a way to show that not all hairy chested helo drivers fly the North Sea routes. I had too many takers to make good on my challenge - Flying Lawyer was the first volunteer, I still owe him that ride!
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