Campbell,
Not true my friend. Any flight training that leads to issue of licence requires you to be on either M or J visa. INS changed the regulations in June last year and I can give you email addresses of many of my students who were sent back home from Orlando airport. (btw I talk on behalf of Britannia Flight Center, which we closed down in October due to lack of visa approvals).
VFE,
As far as I know FIT is not a FTO. Please do not confuse FBO with FTO's. All the FTO's (Flight Training Organisation) have to be approved by CAA/JAA. You can find the list of approved FTO's in the USA at CAA's website
www.srg.caa.co.uk.
Good luck everyone with your flight training.
Cheers,
Jatin