Hi guys,
Thanks for the replies. I guess I didn't put enough information into the original post...
My expired PPL(s) are South African and Zimbabwean, and yep, they both expire.
My aim was to go to the US, do the FAA PPL flight test (after a quick refresher) in order for me to do my instrument rating, and then go on to do the Comm.
I have a JAA class 2 medical, as I was initially intending to do my JAA PPL to begin with, but I recognise that this medical is not going to do anything for me if I go the FAA route. I propose to do my FAA commercial medical (not sure if this is class 1 or 2), which I am assuming will cover the PPL element too? Surely there is no need to do 2 FAA medicals?
sapperkenno, thanks for your response, very useful and informative.
I know that my requirements are pretty specific, with wanting an FTO that will look at my previous experience, low pupil:instructor ratio, ability to progress quickly etc, and it is really useful to get recommendations and understand peoples experiences, as it is pretty hard to make a judgement call based on websites!
Thanks once again for taking the time to respond guys!