Interesting read peterh337. I notice you mention this:
Flight Safety in Farnborough (01252-554500) who didn't make any charge; apparently they get paid by TSA.
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I phoned them a couple of weeks ago and they claimed it would cost me around £200. Does anyone know what the latest accurate figure is?
I'm actually going to do a JAR PPL, in Florida (Fort Pierce). Going to a school called European Flight Training. I'm sure it's been discussed on this forum. I've scheduled for a month, budgeted for 2 weeks extra after that (for accomodation, food, training etc...). Luckily for me I'm not on a time restriction nor am I restricted by flights (which are completely transferrable upto 24hrs before the actual flight).
Hopefully I'll be able to get some info for future pilots onto my blog.
PS. Anyone got any tips or anything I should know?