Originally Posted by Minorite invisible
How would American pilots feel, if say French had been the international ATC language and US pilots flying in US Domestic Airspace were forced to learn French in order to fly aircraft inside their own country?
Pretty miffed given the insecurity of the French about their supposed language?
But, the universe in which French pilots actually operate is one where they are
required to speak ENGLISH. If pilots for whom English is not their 1st language would accept that possibly English is a more universal datum than their local Pingu in terms of safety then the aviation world would be that extra bit safer - lest of course the egos of pilots/ATC where English is not their 1st language is compromised. In which case their egos are more important?
Maybe it would be safer now if every French/Italian/German/Spanish/Greek/US/UK pilots were required to speak Contonese instead? FFS?
