only Chinese, and some Asian countries can not speak one word of English.
Recently I spoke to a captain(maybe 65yo), I asked him if he like to fly for his company, he didn't understand my question.
He was very embarrassed by my questions, and tried to avoid me.
then I asked other questions, same thing.... didn't understand one word of what I was saying.
Then I talked to the young captain(25yo), no problem at all.The young copilot even asked me If I was a pilot and what I was flying.On the intercom, it was the copilot who did the announcements for the arrival.
It was an intern flight, I don't think the Captain was authorized to fly internationally.But I can be wrong.
company: AirAsia.