Flying internationally

Hey everybody! This is my first post. Got a question...

Say you're an American pilot flying to Germany. What language is used when communicating with the tower? Does the American pilot have to be able to speak the language of the country they are flying to? Maybe this is a stupid question but I've always wondered how that works.

On Jul 25, 1:09*pm, cavelltodd
wrote:
Hey everybody! This is my first post. Got a question...

Say you're an American pilot flying to Germany. What language is used
when communicating with the tower? Does the American pilot have to be
able to speak the language of the country they are flying to? Maybe this
is a stupid question but I've always wondered how that works.


English is the international language.
It's a requirement for an Airline Transport Pilot License that the
applicant speaks and understands English

cavelltodd wrote:
Say you're an American pilot flying to Germany. What language is used
when communicating with the tower? Does the American pilot have to be

ATC and the tower of bigger aerodromes speak English. Note that I said
English and not some Texas backcountry mumble. And you're supposed to
know and use the ICAO phraseology.

At smaller uncontrolled airfields they may or may not understand English.

Originally Posted by cavelltodd

Hey everybody! This is my first post. Got a question...

Say you're an American pilot flying to Germany. What language is used when communicating with the tower? Does the American pilot have to be able to speak the language of the country they are flying to? Maybe this is a stupid question but I've always wondered how that works.

English must do! For as we know, it is the international language.

Am 11.08.2011 10:45, schrieb addage5228FC8:
English must do! For as we know, it is the international language.

not really. :-)
There are more ICAO languages than english.
AFAIK there are french and russian as further official ICAO languages.

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In article , re says...


IFR is always English. VFR is either English or German. ATC, Flight
Information Service, and towers of controlled airports are able to
communicate in both languages. You'll hear both languages on the
frequency, depending on what each pilot prefers. The controllers switch
languages all the time.

At smaller airfields, German is the dominant language, but there is no
reason you can't communicate in English there. There is no guarantee
that the ground person manning the radio or other pilots will understand
you, even though chances are fairly good they will. At small
uncontrolled airfields, radio contact (in any language) is not mandatory
(just good practice), so that's not a show stopper.

AFAICT the situation in other European countries is similar.



Not entirely.
In France, IFR is English or French. VFR as well, at controlled
airfields. At most uncontrolled airfields, as well as
aircraft-to-aircraft communication outside of control operating hours,
French is required.

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