All those that knock the USA training, how many have flown there? WWW, what is your total hours in the USA, nil? . .Learn in the USA, get talking to ATC not some local controller using a near obsolete radio and peering through a pair of binoculars. Yes, sure the USA is different and thankfully so, I for one would soon be bored of all the restrictions and primitive GA facilities in the UK. Differences training will be necessary if only to adjust to the backward RT and circuit joins employed in the UK. . .. .Rant over!