I don't want this to become a pissing contest which is which. Every side of the ponds has its goods and bads. The reason I got involved in this thread is because lately I see a lot of anti-americanism. Just because we have some economical issues right now, it doesn't mean everyone can take a dump in our background. Talking about economy I just want to advise all economies are connected. If here goes wrong everyone else will follow sooner or later. If a country will not get affected is because that country has no economy.
From aviation jobs point of view US market is over saturated with pilots. Many companies went belly up and that has created many jobless pilots. I believe( I am not sure) we have over 350000 ATP holders. If you guys in Europe or any other place around the world have a pilot shortage, what's wrong with US pilots working on those places? When we had a shortage in any field, we opened our doors to anybody. Even now, thousands of computer geeks from India are coming, and nobody is yelling bloody murder.
We have our heavy cargo taken over by germans. BAX is kind of the only one controlling that business. DHL was a major player in cargo. Lufthansa aircrafts(and not only) can be seen on all majors US airports. Every american company has a large number of employees with foreign accents. Our TV shows are run by britts. In Miami english is a foreign language. Everyone who steps in this country automatically is considered american and has the same rights like any local. No voting though. If you get kicked out of your country and you ask us for help we will welcome you and if you have any merit we will make you american. Regarding your question about N registered aircraft I told you to ask the european owners. They must have some good reasons to keep the planes N registered. Clear skies brother. Don't worry we are in this sh&*t together.