Originally Posted by
Justapax1
I thought all communication between cabin crew and the ground was in
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Airspeak . Certainly on Cathay Captain Speaking addresses the pax in English only, and then the purser or another member of the cabin staff greets them in Cantonese. I distinctly remember a flight to or from Japan where the passenger announcements, made in rather halting Japanese, were greeted with great hilarity by the pax, suggesting that both behind and in front of the locked door there wasn't a single Japanese speaker.
Justapax1
Sorry if I was not clear but it is communication between CC and SLF not flight deck.
Flight deck and ATC is in a type of English, but I am told that may not always be the case in some countries when ATC talking to an A/C with a crew from same country 😉
Cheers
Mr Mac