You see blindside, there are so many people with prejudices against US trained flyers. How many instances are documented of US trained pilots slamming into runways because they didn't have a five minute chat with ATC about the QNH and QFE? are UK pilots incapable of landing without QFE information? Surely US airports would be littered with the debris of aircraft if QFE was crucial information.
Do people in the 21st century really believe that the Americans can't fly as well as people in the UK? The Americans actually build most of the airplanes that we fly and I understand that their accident rate per flying hour is less that in the UK.
Changing the subject from flying to fishing, it appears that it is still possible to go fishing in the UK and land a prize specimen in spite of rumours that stocks are depleted.
[ 28 July 2001: Message edited by: Sensible ]