I love chipping in to these threads because it feels like I'm going back in time and giving myself the advice.. just to muddy the waters, have you considered Canada? FAA and Canadian licences are interchangeable with a medical and written exam, so you can get both licences with the same flight test. If I could go back in time and do one thing it would be to get 50 hours on floats during my hour building. And an IR. Instead I blew the most fun flying period of my career doing touch and gos...
Last edited by rudestuff; 18th May 2017 at 20:59.