Gentlemen,
I agree with packsonflite. Trying to keep aircraft from helping each other on the interpilot frequency because they speak a language that is different from your own is a ludricous display of lack of professionalism.
To those who agree with this, I ask:
Can you tell me why your are still listening to the interpilot frequency, since 123.45 (the former chat frequency for private pilots) has become the international standard? ‘Cackling away in foreign’ is quite acceptable on 123.45, since cackling away in English is, too.
Can you tell me why you have never complained about the cluttering of 121.5 in UK airspace?
It wouldn’t be because you are in fact not air transport professionals, now would it?
(edited because of a misinterpretation of the original posting)
[ 03 August 2001: Message edited by: Gantenbein ]