Desipilot / Lockwire,. .. .Very good news, I agree that banning training outside JAR states will have a detrimental effect on GA in the UK, as it is repeat business which brings in the money, rather than a PPL course.. .. .Eh? 1500 PPLs a year by Brits in the US being about £600,000 of business lost to British/JAA schools/FI's. Initial courses are more expensive than 6 hours a year aircraft hire surely? . .. .WWW, as usual you seem to be sounding off about an area of flight training where from your continual resistance to answering the question of how much flight time you have in US airspace, . .. .Oooo is this outing the Big Secret that I have never flown in a N reg aircraft and have never set foot in America? Guilty as charged. What towering insights would I gain if I had visited Hank and Al's Aviation Emporium? What don't I know about flight training exactly????. .. .you obviously have no idea what your're talking about. Reading through other forums on this BB, other people are also picking up on the fact and it may pay you to either go and do some flying in the US or sit back.. .. .No thanks. Are you a JAA CPL IR Approved Flying Instructor? Have you worked in flight training for 7 years? Have you trained ex-US PPL's for all levels of license? I have. I know a lot about flight training and the fact that I haven't been on North American soil makes not one jot of difference to the argument here. I am sure flying and GA in the US is brilliant. Shame the EU is not so good. Lets set about changing this. Lets harmoise rules like the FAA. Lets stop sending our people to line the pockets of FAA school owners.. .. .Julian. .. .[WWW]. . . . <small>[ 28 March 2002, 16:30: Message edited by: Wee Weasley Welshman ]</small>