421dog, It is not a question of the USA vv Europe, but a question of the USA vv the rest of thw world.
And WannabeBus, If the ATC questions about FOB and POB are becoming distracting all the pilot has to say is, "STANDBY" Captains need to take command of the situation, all too often they don't.
I am not saying the crew of the Alaska flight did anything wrong, they seem to have handled the emergency very well, as did ATC, and the result, despite the door coming off, was a sucessfull landing.