Nice try Miles, typical faulty logic. I do hope your aircraft troubleshooting skills don't follow similar logic. Please tell me how hull loss statistics have anything to do with maintenance quality, or dispatch reliability? Tell me how many of those hull losses counted by IATA were lost due to poor maintenance?
How does Southwest being fined by the FAA have anything to do with A&P certification being "easy".
"Our tests are harder than yours, therefore we are better" Yeah, right.
Same logic is, "our country is so much older than yours, therefore we are better"
Non compliance with mandatory inspections were management decisions. It has absolutely nothing to do with mechanic licensing being easy, lax, etc.