On Jun 29, 4:39 am, "El Maximo" wrote:
"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com wrote in messagenews
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!

--
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."

The other version I"ve heard was an American flight had just landed
and was read a really fast taxi clearance. Apparently the pilot didn't
respond quickly.
ATC: "What's wrong with you haven't you been here before"
Pilot: "Once in 1943 but I didn't stop"

-Robert