Originally Posted by
Council Van
I once mentioned that the locals get priority in Spain and got ripped to shreds by an ex Heathrow controller who told me it would never happen and I did not understand the controllers big picture. Well how am I to understand the big picture if every one is not talking the same language?
Spain and France=accident waiting to happen, especially at places as busy as BCN and CDG.
As an Air France pilot operating out of CDG, I can assure you many of us wish for English to be the standard language on freq.
Resistance mainly comes from ATC...