hi helinaut,
thanks for your input. if i got the money, i would do every license on the world and every rating which would be needed. the problem is, at the beginning you dont have the money for doing everything and you have to find the best solution where you would get the optimum of training, hours, licences and ratings for starting into a carreer. the topic is, with that high USD at the moment, why should you do the training in US, when you get it cheaper f.e. in new zealand? and that much cheaper, that it would be more worth doing 1 year training in NZ and do conversion afterwards in EU and you ll save money for other trainings at this way got as well also 2 licences.
so the only benefit of the US would be the visa for two years, including a possible job aftr the training as fi! if you dont get this job, doing the fi in US got no more benefits against other countries. and if only 10% would be taken over after the training you have to level if you take this risk or focus more on a different solution.