For a Brit I have a fair amount of experience of US ATC courtesy of friends that work in ATC over there and there is much in the system I admire,but also some parts and procedures I do not.
Such as?
In passing might I suggest then that you join in the fight with NATCA to stop your truly national ATC system going down the path that we've taken ours here. If the privatisers get their way you may find your "best way" very quickly becomes a distant memory.
That's why I pay money to AOPA who pay money to legislators to look after the people with money. It's the American way