Dear all,
Thank you for your answers.
I agree with the EU OPS 1.285 requirement.
This is the reason why we do cabin announcement in at least 2 different languages and as much as possible, according with the nationality of passengers carried.
More over, as we all do, demonstrations are made prior to take off and a safety demonstration card is provided. In addition, CC confirm that they can easily communicate with passenger seated on exit rows (coupled with specific briefing).
Passenger announcement manual includes several languages, this does not mean all of our CC speak fluently all associated languages but they have a mean to do the announcements in various languages (ok without discussing of the quality of the spelling).
I was not aware of this local regulation and it appears to be very restrictive.
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almeno un assistente di volo facente parte dell’equipaggio sia in grado di parlare e
comprendere la lingua italiana.
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Who should determine the satisfactory control of italian from the designated Italian speaker CC?
Does anyone know another country requiring a CC to speak its language to operate from its territory?
Again, thank you for your valuable help!
Fin
PS: What was the initial target of SAFA controls?