Well it's with great dismay that I have read the comments made by our American friends.
It does indeed seem that UK flying standards are MUCH higher than those in the USofA.
As for cabin crew visiting the flight deck every 20 minutes or so this has been de rigueur (i.e. necessary according to etiquette, common sense, protocol or fashion) for many years.
Just for the benefit of American pilots CRM stands for Crew Resource Management. It's a concept brought in in the UK over the past 15 years or so to improve safety and facilitate crew co-operation.
Maybe one day the FAA will champion a similar system of training and improve the professional standard of pilots 'over there'.
Or is it that they have and you just can't be a***d?
FOK