Earl - one of the reasons that I feel qualified to comment is that I have travelled. In fact I have flown helicopters on every continent over the past 30 odd years and in my opinion standards have generally dropped markedly over that time.
I trained in the Army and my instructor was a stickler for airmanship. He also carried a metal ruler in his nav bag which came out when I demonstrated a lack of airmanship so I learned quickly. He would probably find himself in big trouble in todays nanny state (he is probably turning in his grave) but he taught me some valuable lessons and I know bad airmanship when I see it.
Shyte talk - then why on earth do you think that I was referring to you?