Originally Posted by
Mr Mac
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 allays be the case in some countries when ATC talking to an A/C with a crew from same country 😉
Cheers
Mr Mac
No it's my fault, I mis-read the earlier post and assumed that it was communications with ATC, not SLF. GA in French airspace used to be in French, I don't believe it is any more, a Cessna 172 talks to a private airstrip in Airspeak. I'm not sure about South America.
In the 80s/90s, I used to fly with the late lamented Swissair a *lot*, like several times a week. The flight attendants were fluent in German and French, not so much in English and Italian (my two main languages). Italian is the third official language of Switzerland, but very few people outside Cantone Ticino speak it. So I'd settle myself into my seat, ask for a glass of wine and an Italian newspaper - in Italian. Instant consternation. They hadn't a clue what I was saying. So I'd switch to French - instant relaxation, how clever you are to speak our language. It meant that when they spoke to me they slowed down a bit, which meant I had a bit more of a chance of following what they were saying.
English wasn't as universal in those days.