Originally Posted by
Pinky the pilot
Well, the local airfield gets a fairly constant stream of the above quoted Nationality of students on some days and I wish that they all indeed did have Cambridge level 3 English, as I find most of them quite hard to understand! Some of them have very heavy accents. I will admit though to having over 800 hours in 'Bongo Vans' ( and 1400 or so in Pa-25s) which certainly has not helped!
Sorry
Sunfish, but I tend to side with
Aussie Bob in part. Some of these students will make up to four calls in just one circuit of the airfield.
In South Australia the major training institution for foreign students is FTA. Their instructors are responsible for the saturation of the airways on 126.7 by their students. To hear three FTA aircraft trying to separate themselves coming in to Waikerie or Renmark is just a joke. “ I’m here,where are you” ,time after time. It’s their personal chat channel. The regulator does not seem in the least interested.