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Old 27th Jun 2009, 22:34
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Number1 is Jean-Luc Picards first officer. Not sure who number2 is...maybe Data.

I used to work in Quebec for 6 Years and have never had a bad feeling about the situational awareness because of the 2 languages spoken on atc. Just the same as it is in France and many places around the world.

As for the safety issues, I believe that in the smaller airports around Quebec it would be more dangerous to have english only as many pilots who fly in those areas do not speak English or their English is poor. We can not expect some guy to learn English if he never leaves Quebec airspace.

And another point, I have flown all over the world and the Canadian airspace is definately among the best hands down. This includes Quebec.

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