July 3rd 07, 07:15 PM
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Chinese (and other) pilots unable to speak English pose danger for air travel (CNN)
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On 29 Jun, 12:39, "El Maximo" wrote:
"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com wrote in
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Matthias van Henk wrote:
As more and more aviation business is operated from Asia and Chinese
is
the most spoken language in the world all communication should be made
in Chinese then. :-)
If Won Wing Low had been the Father of Aviation, it could have been!
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Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com
Allegedly, a Pan Am 727 flight waiting for start clearance in Munich
overheard the following:
Lufthansa (in German): "Ground, what is our start clearance time?"
Ground (in English): "If you want an answer you must speak in English."
Lufthansa (in English): "I am a German, flying a German airplane, in
Germany. Why must I speak English?"
Unknown voice from another plane (in a beautiful British accent):
"Because
you lost the bloody war."
Thats rubbish
But it's funny rubbish!
All the german pilots speak english the whole time with the tower,
even on domestic flights in germany
and they all speak perfect english
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