I’m not insinuating anything. I’m asking what this insinuates re:North America:

Gross generalization trigger alert:

Very experienced pilots seem better able (on average) to hand fly their way out of unexpected situations. North American (major) carriers’ talent pools tend to have much more experienced candidates in them; thus fewer fatal instances of buffoonery and both 737 and 320 are very safe aircraft. Difference is Boeing (used to) implicitly trust pilots and Airbus implicitly doesn’t — and built specific protections to limit what pilots could do. So sure, that’s “safer” for ab initio autopilot panic pushers.