Grob ranger:
If Brian Slade failed candidates with "utterly fluent" English speaking ability, i don't see why having him resigned will lower the standard of Cadets getting into the programme..
What i knew is many pilots in other non-English speaking countries are not as fluent as you might expect (well, you can listen it on atc.net), and they are functioning well on a day to day basis. At the end of the day, i think the focus should be more about the operational needs of pilots rather than the general English ability Cathay is testing currently.
Last edited by XLAN; 6th Sep 2012 at 05:44.