I didn't say "at least we're not as bad as the French". I said you don't know how bad the French (or whoever) are because they don't share the same level of de

I didn't say "at least we're not as bad as the French". I said you don't know how bad the French (or whoever) are because they don't share the same level of details. If you bothered to comprehend what I wrote I'm pretty much advocating the opposite of American exceptionalism. The accident rate is pretty close across the first world. Why would the close call rate be substantially different? Thank god aviation policy isn't dictated by people like you who have an ideological bone to pick.