Having flown overseas for 9 years in the middle of my career, I can and will attest to the Overseas Captain being more respected than US captains.

At my previous legacy... with some "granny-type" flight atts, they truly thought they ruled the cabin and I personally heard one say to the captain after a quick brief, "You take care of the cockpit sonny, I'll take care of the cabin". It was meant as a bit of a chest pounding by the F/A, senior mama that she was. If I'm lyin' I'm dyin'.

That was one of several times that I saw it.

Overseas, one example.... it was protocol as we got off the bus into the hotel lobby, that the captain was always first to sign in and get his key. Flight attends would all just line up and wait for the captain inside the lobby along the desk.

Just one example of many I saw and felt overseas.

Kap