...who is making the effort to answer in your language !
What do you mean with "your languange?" Why do you assume that everybody is a native English speaker?
Letīs be honest, English is
the aviation language and the appaling level of English spoken by French pilots and ATC is a serious safety issue. "Making an effort" just isnīt good enough! Iīve heard many stories of pilots needing assistance from French ATC and the reply was that they didnīt understand.
From my personal experience in France: sick passenger on board so we asked ATC to have a doctor meet us at the aircraft upon arrival.
ATC: "Are you declaring an Emergency?"
Us: "Negative, we just need medical assistance when we reach our parking position."
ATC: "errrrrrrrrrr, say again!"
Us: "Negative, we just need medical assistance when we reach our parking position."
ATC: "errrrrrr I donīt understand."
Us: "we need a doctor after we land and reach the gate."
ATC: "errrrrrrrrrrrr???"
At this point a French pilot overhearing our struggle interveined and translated everything in French.
Final result: a lot of additional (and unnecessary) stress and....of course no doctor when we reached the parking stand.
Luckily it was only a minor problem so the passenger could wait for medical assistance to arrive but it makes you wonder what will happen if you have an engine on fire and you need some radar vectors to the nearest ILS!
