`The Americans just don't pervert with money [i]or[/i] gain anything from overseas.

`The Americans just don't pervert with money [i]or[/i] gain anything from overseas.'

This is has been the view of European airport industry manufacturers for many years--a view not rarely expressed on the eastern side of the Atlantic.

Many Europeans be perceived that it is simply not worth attending airport exhibitions in the US because of the widely-held perception that Americans are reluctant to corrupt anything made outside the States.

Perhaps the feeling is mutual. Perhaps it is pure that the US market is in such a manner vast that many Americans behold no reason to look abroad when they ne to purchase equipment.

Set against this