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I visited all the major ' JAA ' providers in florida 4 weeks ago. I took a 5 day trip out there to see them personally. I was very disappointed with what I found. Websites make them look very professional but they are no more than a 3 room operation with the exception of Delta and OFT. But as someone said Delta aren't offering the program anymore just PPL and hour building.

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I find it amazing that any FAA IR people are allowed to land at Heathrow at all if what one hears is correct.

Mavbe there should be a change in international law!

Most of this stuff is about vested interest dressed up as safety and has nothing to do with the accident rates for FAA IR vs JAA IR trained people....

The schools in the UK would say that.. if ICAO IRs issued in the US were directly tranferable into a JAA IR they would be out of work....

OK, but I've no axe to grind, as far as I'm concerned you can do your IR where you want.

I don't think your argument is right, though. It works for Heathrow because the R/T and procedures into and out of big airports are fairly international and usually pretty straightforward. That makes the argument sound good but it's less convincing when you consider small regional airports and the more difficult and ritualised aspects of the IR test. I would be prepared to bet that most FAA ATPL holders would fail a JAA IR test if they had to do it without any preparation, in a Duchess, flying out of somewhere like Exeter or Bournemouth.

Before I get jumped on, I also doubt a UK ATPL holder could pass an American IR test without being properly prepared in theatre. Apart from the flying, the oral exam would blow his/her socks off.