repulsewarrior wrote:...you will find good people and bad people Paphitis; America is a big country, you will find the best people and the worst.
Yes every country has its good and bad.
But I find the American people a breath of fresh air generally.
Their Aviation industry, which is clearly the biggest part of my life and professional experience with regard to Smerica, is clearly world leading in my view.
Just everything about it, from the executives, to the engineers and the culture among the pilots, most of which btw are ex US Military. You are guaranteed a job if you were in the US Military and had served in a war zone. The culture is second to none. And they are the last people you could even imagine to be capable of committing war crimes. Generally speaking, they are good people with exceptional character in an almost naive sort of way.
The infrastructure, the air traffic control, the operations team make it a breeze for us. We sign on, our flight plans are done and handed to us, our NOTAMs are handed to us, and even highlighted for us in a fluorescent marker, our weather reports are handed to us and the even call the refueller and De-Ice all the control surfaces on the aircraft.
And when you get your airways clearance, push back clearance is where the poetry is set in motion. All the metal everywhere and when you log on to ATC it is all ILS to ILS and smooth and so easy. Every minute detail, every time. It’s almost friggin surreal. And we are talking about thousands of aircraft at a time.
