Originally Posted by
HEATHROW DIRECTOR
If anyone on here has worked with Aeroflot or Russian AF in the 60s they'll know what muffled R/T is!
Wasn't helped by them using interpreters who had no aviation knowledge. The interpreter couldn't speak loudly in case he was heard over the RTF, he would just tell the pilot what to say and the pilot would repeat it parrot fashion. I've actually heard an interpreter shout at the pilot when the latter said the wrong thing.