A reminder/request from PPRuNe International Headquarters;
Whilst those of us who look after the website have the utmost respect for the wishes of contributors to on occasion write in their mother-tongue, or the language of the country/airline under discussion, we would request that you refrain from this. Could we please therefore keep the contributions to this forum in English only.
Reasons for this are many, with the main one being that the board is owned and operated from Great Britain/USA and therefore primarily subject to the laws of those countries. Therefore, on a forum such as the Far East, which unlike the French, Italian, Scandinavian etc. forums does NOT have a specific language bias, and a fluent moderator in charge (Scandi is on the way this week, btw) it is impossible for us to verify the content of individual posts.
Also, on such a broad-based forum as the Far East, it is important that we can
ALL communicate freely, regardles of which of the plethora of regional languages we speak, or which country we come from.
What I'm not referring to here are the occasional Kung Hei Fat Choy, or Salamat Po, rather entire posts or sentences in languages other than English. Also, as a poor simple lad from Scotland with only a working knowledge of French and Hindi (don't ask!), and an abysmal grasp of German, I'm just not up to it. The cunning linguist who could handle this forum in all its native tongues probably exists out there, but most likely is getting paid a lot more than most of us working for the UN!
Thanks for understanding..
Sick Squid
Far East Forum Moderator