ICAO English - Italian ATC
Hi just came to my attention the other day about how hard some of the Italian controllers are to understand over the radio. While flying over Italian airspace I had spoken to a few different controllers in different regions, and noticed that alot of them were very hard to understand due to phraseology differences, or simply their accents. I know that current pilots were given a pass mark for their first English proficiancy check, did controllers get this same deal?
Also I was surprised when I heard they were speaking Italian over the radio at times (not in busy airspace but more towards counry-side areas).