Another route to consider:
There are schools in the Uk which will train you for the FAA IR in the UK, but also cross train you for the JAA syllabus at the same time. If you have the FAA IR you can convert to JAA with a 15 hr course+ground exams, [5-10 of which can be in a flight sim] especially is you have been trained to JAA standards [more use of NDB's etc].
They take you through all the FAA IR stuff, exams etc in the UK, you can even do the FAA flight test in the UK once every 6 weeks or so [they get an examiner in from the US], or go to the states for a few days to do it. I don't know how much cheaper it is doing the FAA IR in the UK as it is to do the JAA one, but what you can do if you wish / have the time is do an intensive part of the FAA training in the US [say a week or so]. If you have more leave time, you can do all the flying in the US if you wanted.
The advantage of this route is that it is perfectly possible to do an FAA IR part time, especially if you have prior instrument time. The FAA IR takes into account previous instrument experience and in fact you only *need* a 15 hrs course with a CFII. The ground exams are easier and self study, and you also come out of it with effectively two IR's for the price of one. Theoretically if you have prior IT this route would allow you to walk away with a JAA IR and FAA IR in 30 hours, 10 of which could have been done in a sim.
There is a place at Enstone [Oxford] called Angel City Flyers I think [
http://www.acflyers.co.uk] who can do this, they also have a nice TB20.
Cheers
EA
