HeliMutt,
It's a mate of mine who is looking at offering this. I know what you mean about the weather differences, but Florida versus the pacific northwest is like comparing England weather to Australia lol. I think schools in florida are giving a false sense of security due to the weather. It is either beautiful or unflyable due to storms there. In the PNW it is a great mix of everything including mountain flying and having to contend with low level fog etc. I am headed out there in a few weeks for a wedding and am going to fly there just to experience it (Where I trained it was flat as a pancake and boring)
The difference in cost I reckon would be better there as the pound and US dollar are so different, if US dollars for the 300 per hour were transferred, you guys are paying close to $600 US an hour which sucks. I wanted to see what peoples thoughts were and if there was interest so I could help my mate make a decision as to if he should pursue advertising it and such over in the UK or Canada/Australia.