Norman
Regrettably there always seems to be at least one ppruner somewhere eager to see the worst in any post so I was merely trying to head them off at the pass. When discussing which part of the world delivers the best pilots it is, as you can imagine, a potential mine field. The answer - as I have made clear I hope - is that no one region has a monopoly on either excellence or otherwise.
Maybe I'm just an old cynic :-)
G.