Bubba, I don’t believe this for a second. It sounds like propoganda of the anti-American variety that I have experienced. I can see a Skipper that had some difficulty adapting to new procedures during training, and certain nationalities using this difficulty as an excuse to Yank bash or further their own agenda. I can see a gulf or Asian carrier smugly try to show how their own procedures are far superior to what delta or northwest used. I can see a technocrat pilot with a sweater tied around his neck explain to his colleagues how inferior a Yank was and congratulate themselves at Costas.