Seeing as this thread started on the subject of astronauts - do any of you who can't be bothered mastering the written word of your native language think that any astronaut ever got selected without a very good command of at least one language? Be it Russian, American-English or whatever, surely any reasonably intelligent person can learn to write one language with a minimum of grammatical errors? Some manage several and still have enough surplus mental capacity to fly aircraft.
Btw, I left school at 15. You don't need an elite or even a long education to learn a few words and punctuation rules.
Blame it on the iPad? If so, how will you ever get around the FMC?
When sorting job applications I ALWAYS binned any that had not been properly proof-read for errors. It reduced the pile to manageable proportions. Now that recruiting is mainly in the hands of human remains type people, you can bet they do much the same to reduce their workload.
So all you who claim that poor grammar does not matter in aviation, don't die wondering why you never got that job interview.
Last edited by Mach E Avelli; 16th Dec 2013 at 03:37.