What it would appear here is that we have a few North American pilots, whom are so enmeshed in their 'good ole way of doing things', that they think they can out-think everyone, and can't comprehend what other pilots, in other airlines, in other parts of the world, have been doing for years, and all quite safely, in full compliance with their specific airlines SOP's....simply because the North American folks are perhaps far too arrogant to understand.
Gosh, why am I not surprised?
