Bad English
Hi Ppruners,
Well, it's time to ride the high horse again. This time, it's about the poor standard of the english language that seems to be allowed to be lowered for certain schools that have contracts with overseas airlines and students.
On the Student Licence application form, it states that the person signing the authorization has assessed the applicant and found them competent in communicating in English to the standard required for exercising the privileges of a student pilot licence.
My point is this; I can't understand them, my students can't understand them and ATC also have trouble understanding them.
Quite often, MB TWR will ask them to "say again, call sign only", because they can see them and know that they are inbound etc..
Today (13/11/05), a CPL trainee from a land reknown for their curry, from 3 star aviation, created madness and mayhem at a CTAF. First, they were using non standard calls followed by false position reporting saying they were 10 miles them 1 mile only seconds later and joining the "CIRCUS" speaking jibberish. The circuit was so big, that the 3 other aircraft flying circuits could not see them.
You mark my words (because that's what people say when they're on their high horse). There will be a conflict leading to an accident.......and don't get me started on the GFS conga line of C172s making their way through some rather busy CTAFs in Victoria!
"MM taxi for tha CIRCUS oneway 5 number 1"
Last edited by Mere Mortal; 13th Nov 2005 at 09:22.