It seems to me that the U.S does lag behind in many aspects,especially when flying out of a class D or even a Midwest class C. Having flown out of kennedy in various capacities I noticed this..maybe if there was a FSDO on the field like Providence..things would have been different.
I am not saying that there is anything wrong with the U.S system. It does seem however that here things are still done with the eyeball and the slideruler.
Each Continent has its plus and minus I suppose.
Trentino, very good post. It is too easy to dismiss criticisms as US/Europe/FR/Airbus/Boeing bashing, but sometimes there is a valid point.