........ Spanish Air Traffic Controllers ........... we all know they can speak English, they simply choose not to do so.
Depending on the definition of speaking English, I suppose, but I know three Spanish ATCs and their ability to speak English is what I would call rudimentary. I know that to be an ATC they do not need to be able to be able to discuss War and Peace, but their accents are atrocious and their ability to express even simple things is, considering the environment, dangerously limited.