Have people really been fined for using a French only airport without level 4 French? Has it been officially reported, or just a rumour?
It was reported to AOPA UK last year I think that a British pilot had been accosted at a French airfield and told by some official that he should not be using it unless he had French on his licence. AOPA did investigate I think but I never heard anything more about it. Certainly this thread was the first I'd heard of people actually being fined.