Just like to point out that the JAA has been around...ooh, a few years, and the FAA has been around for donkeys years. . .. .I think it is fair enough that FAA pilots become fully clued up on the JARs etc through a ground course, but is it really nescessary having to do 30 hrs flying and the FI rating? Its Boll@cks, another way for the JAA to keep jobs for the boys (and girls). After all, flying is flying, whether it be in the US, UK or Mongolia. Oh, and 'freezing levels' are the same regardless, you don't have to be a super-JAA-Instructor to realise this. Actually, most FAA CFIs are probably better qualified to teach PPL flying, after all, most of them already have a IR as well as a CPL before getting the CFI rating (and often they get the CFII pretty soon too). I've flown with numerous instructors in the UK who posses just a CPL FI(R)and IMC rating...know which I'd rather be flying with in marginal weather (and its important for students to experience marginal weather).. .. .Ok, rant over. Now for the positive points. 1) The JAA PPL will probably not be around for too long, before the CAA takes control again, and I forecast that they will be more likely to allow ICAO FIs to train for the UK PPL. 2) In the mean time, it opens up the possibilities of issuing the H1 (specialist) visa to JAA FIs to teach in the US, as there will be insufficient FAA CFIs with the JAA FI rating to train JAA students..... .. .Cheers. .EA