Andrijander,
Just for your information they did tell me at school that more languages would be heard on the radio. However there is a limit to how many languages one can speak. And currently I do speak four different languages (English, Dutch, German and French) so I think I have done well to adapt myself to the rest of the world.
As I also said in my earlier post, English is not my native language. But I still speak it good enough to assure a safe operation whilst carrying out my duties as a pilot.
And that this situation has been around from the beginning of aviation is irrelevant. By talking Spanish you reduce the situational awareness of all other non-spanish speakers.
And by the way it is not bashing. You are telling me that I should have known that there are more languages spoken on the airwaves. Point taken, but it would be nice to see a bit more proficiency in English from the Spanish controllers side. And for that matter French, Greek and Italian.
TORO01,
Yep, do agree with you. However other ATC units outside Europe might be bad. But there is one saving grace. THEY SPEAK ENGLISH. So we can build our own mental picture what’s going on.