PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - English Please!
Thread: English Please!
View Single Post
Old 27th Apr 2008, 19:46
  #1 (permalink)  
Mike_76
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Europe
Posts: 7
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Angry English Please!

Hi all,

I work for a "EUROPEAN" airline, and recently heard whispers that at work the only language I am supposed to use is ENGLISH. Not obeying this rule, will see the employee in question being called up and punished.

I understand in our business that, in the cabin, the company may prefer their employees speak english in front of passengers. That is their right

HOWEVER ------->

WHAT gives a company the right to insist on ENGLISH being spoken elsewhere at work (i.e briefing room / canteen before going out to the aircraft).

This is nothing short of racial intolerance, but I suspect it is more to do with paranoia, whereby management are suspicious of what is being talked about, or maybe so uneducated that they are just not capable of understanding a language other than english.


Your Comments please,

Thanks,
A Frustrated EUROPEAN
Mike_76 is offline