US pilots are not really lazy, but as Raw said very well trained with enormous flight time and experience under their belts as compared to their foreign counterparts (in general). Now, not to say that foreign training is worse, it is just they have a different approach (more theoretical, rather than practical as US). As a matter of fact M.E. countries like US pilots very much and have a great deal of respect for them, considering more than half of their local pilots were trained here in the US at ERAU (Saudi Arabian, Turkish) and UND. They are very familiar with our training and flying.
Last edited by iflysky; 08-28-2008 at 10:48 AM.