HEY HO WHAT, ROY HUDD?
Guess what is going straight in your tea???
Flyblue, I totally agree with you.
When an engine is on fire and you have 312 passengers on board of which only a third speaks english, the knowledge of other languages is as important as the technical knowledge of an engineer (who in the meantime, with all probabilities, is on the ground).
I speak from experience.
FBW.
**ten minutes to landing**