Originally Posted by
Lockheed_Blackbird
May i remind you that french is the official aeronautic language.
So all pilots and ATC should be speaking french.
So it's normal that it won't apply in France.
It was considered in France for CDG airport with planned implementation. Can you believe that a separatist provincial government in Quebec was lobbying and successful in stopping it.
Two Brits died in a ground collision between and Shorts 360 and an MD-80 some time later with language as part of the cause.