Originally Posted by anotherthing
Unfortunately there is only a finite amount of phraseology which is there to cover most circumstances - however it is not exhaustive.
...nevertheless, using this standard, professional phraseology certainly contributes better to calm down the involved
in a stress situation instead of blunt and patronising "What do you think you are doing?"...
But this is of course tongue in chick.
On the bottom line: it was certainly the chain of errors on the crew side,
that initiated and allowed the situation to escalate,
but "poor English" was maybe not the least, but certainly not the most critical one...
