What nonsense. Having more than one language on R/T is lethal. It doesn't matter if we have to speak French, English or Swahili, the point is there should be one language.
The Streamline accident is a classic example and having flown many times with the captain from that flight, the reason was a lack of situational awareness, coupled to a stupid mistake.
I have always hated operating into CDG and the number of times I have come face to face with another a/c (usually a French Post 737) on a taxiway is staggering. I speak French and have usually picked it off the R/T, but many of my colleagues didn't hear the potential problem because they don't speak French. If it had also been a low viz day on any of these occasions...............
There is a perfectly good answer to this. ALL R/T should be in English. Why English rather than French? How many a/c are on the FAA register? It's a large % of the world's fleet. So in this case sheer numbers skew the argument.
Last edited by Say again s l o w l y; 20th Jan 2006 at 10:35.