Just stumbled across this thread due to recent activity.
As WHBM mentioned in a ten year old post, the Tarom crews English wasn't always up to the standard that the U.K. CAA required.
In the summer of 1987, BIA had a Tarom 1-11 on lease which got grounded due to the language problems.
The replacement was a Middle East Airlines Boeing 707.
Turned out to be the only 707 I ever flew on when I managed to scrounge a return trip Gatwick to Naples from the tour rep for a nominal fee.