I think you should try to look for some different and deeper explanations than "nationalism", as Italians are on the contrary very "esterophile" people, with absolutely no form of nationalism as you can maybe expect in France.I guess that this case could be due to some expiring slot problem, and that the Italian Controller failed to explain the situation. That I would expect.Then, about the Rocco and Vinnie thing, nobody is named Vinnie in Italy, that is a name for Italian-American people, maybe you've seen too many gangster movies...I just believe that if you want to find failures in any people in this world, you will easily find for any population.Italians make no difference.This discussion appears to be, on the contrary, not really techinical but just a form of entertainment, since it gives you detail about how Ferrari wins in Formula 1 or Italy wins World Cups in football, but no real guess of why that happened.I actually expected something more serious.FabrizioRome ACC