Oh the 'we do it better' in the UK make me laugh. I'm surprised 50North hasn't mentioned how you'll hand to learn about QFE. QFE is what makes the UK such a great place to operate and sets us apart from the world. Until you you realise every commercial operator uses QNH, just like they do stateside and when flying commercially you'll never use QFE. EVER.
I came back, did a standard one hour check out with a local club and away I went. I also got a major UK airline to fund my TR. Took just as long as every one else on the course to complete the training.
The crowd that claim the US is inferior usually have a vested interested in getting you to train in the UK. Back in my day when the US have less than half the price of the U.K., you'd see people frantically posting on here a la 50North. Now that it's not that much cheaper to fly in the US (and therefore is less of a competitor), they've calmed down somewhat.