Actually we do rule the world...and let me tell you why..
We have industrial capacity and we make money....that means we make things, and provide things, and while your over there more concerned about how to pay for your mistress and picking out a nice wine for dinner, we are trying to invent some things, cure cancer and generally get crap done....
To each his own, but it's pretty stupid to ground a plane, because you think an SIC needs a type, when nobody else thinks he does....
It's just attitude on your part, really....and honestly, I don't know where the angst comes from....you'd be speaking German right now if it wasn't for us.