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Old July 2nd 07, 11:37 PM posted to rec.travel.air,rec.aviation.piloting
Robert M. Gary
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Default Chinese (and other) pilots unable to speak English pose danger for air travel (CNN)

On Jun 30, 12:56 pm, Cubdriver usenet AT danford DOT net wrote:
Unknown voice from another plane (in a beautiful British accent): "Because
you lost the bloody war."


My son-in-law (who is English) tells this story:

A German in an AWACS over Afghanistan picks up a call from a boat in
the Bay of Bengal: "I'm sinking! I'm sinking!"

To which the controller replied in an interested voice: "And vat are
you sinking about?"


That's a commercial for a European company that does English
instruction. There is another one that is really funny too. A family
(mom, dad, teens) are sitting in a car and turn on an English radio
station. The song goes something like "I want to do you up the $@#".
The whole family is singing along having a great time. The caption
reads something like "Time to learn English". ;: ! Some of the
funniest commercials you've ever seen. I think the company is called
Beritz and is in Germany.

-Robert