Hi All,
Thank you for the advice offered in this thread - it has been good to hear other people's points of view, and I appreciate the time taken by all in responding, in particular Check Airman via PM - thank you.
I suppose my final request would be to ask if anyone would mind offering some advice/ guidance (via a PM) as to which US flight training institutions might be worth contacting initially (one of my problems is that I am completely out of the game in terms of picking up 'word of mouth', and have few US based contacts generally). Any quick tips in regard to places to try (and perhaps places to avoid..) would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you all again.