Amazing how things change over the years... Sheer patriotism prevents me from agreeing with Mike...... and one of his colleagues did say to me many years ago: "We're good, but not as good as the London guys!" (and it takes guts to say such things). However, I worked with the USAF in north Africa (both transport a/c and fighters) and they were by far the most professional crews I ever worked with. Contrary to what ANSA has experienced, those I worked with were the tops... never queried an instruction and were simply great people. No, the occasional freebie steak dinners we had thanks to our USAF ATC colleagues had nothing to do with it!!!