Spain sees the light, France next ?

[ATC Watcher]

The white elephant is back again , comes every 3-4 years in this Forum.Same arguments , same conclusions.
Quick ones for the new people here:

Fact 1 : ICAO language requirements still says that the local language of the country overflown is to be used, and in case incompatibility English language is to be used. Many attempst to change or reverse this always faileld so far.

Fact 2 ICAO is made of States, not a supra national body ordering States what to do. majority of those States wants to keep their national language, so forget ICAO changing their SARPS on that issue.

Fact 3 : there is ( unfortunately ) no scientific or statistical evidence that would suggest that it would be safer to mandate English operations everywhere. There are no recorded accident in last 60 years where language was a large contributing factor to sustain this.(*)
On the contrary the use of local language can be demonstrated to be " safer" in communications between 2 nationals using the same language. ( as it was used in Quebec in 1976 )

So in a nutshell , forget it, ICAO and even EASA will not look into this ( do not mix up AESA and EASA as the first poster here did )

(*) before posting the ususal BS on the CDG collision of Zagreb , or even Cali, it would be helpful to read again the conclusions of the 3 Accidents reports. Language did not caused , or even significantly contributed to those accidents. Language is mentioned , but not as a cause or a listed contributing factor.