I understand your your point and it is valid, but as I said before, some of the airlines that are in the top ranking worldwide are airlines from highly regulated, unionized first world countries and not just from the Middle East, it is more a matter of company culture rather than just culture, the employees (due to the demoralizing campaign of turning the industry into the cheap) just don't care. I'm not blaming the pilots and certainly not blaming the CA's, we all know that they have been beaten down as much as anybody in the decade after 9/11, Delta (for all the cognac & breadstick crowd) does better than the others, but the overall experience of flying in one of these top ranking airlines (again, some of them burdened with first world countries structured costs and unions) just doesn't compare. My point is that to go back to the level of service that was created here in the US, the industry has to go back to investing on its people, not only money wise but getting the loom and gloom that has characterized the last decade behind and creating an environment that promotes pride in what they do, not just the urge to gather in the galley and complaint about scheduling.