Reason why US takes such a big chunk of all prospective PPL's in the whole of EU not just UK is simple.
THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO SUPPORT TO GA FROM EU!!!!!!!
Once JAA gets a grip of its regulations, fuel is cheaper, and taxes are lower things should get better.Then you have these bozos that move next to busy airports and next thing you know airport is being relocated beacuse of the noise sensitivity of the community... What a load of crap.
Those idiots sitting in Starsbourg and national governments have no clue that cost of flying and training is by far the biggest reason why wannabes from EU go elsewhere.
Until something is done about these things all this talk about who is better FAA or JAA is fruitless. Concentrate on the problem, try to figure how you can make life easier for GA.When I decided to do my training in US economics where the sole reason for this. I just could not get a loan big enough for BAE in scotland but my training eneded up costing about 1/3 of the cost in Scotland.
JJ