CaptainCrunch
21st May 2001, 19:26
What-ho, flying types.
I'm a Brit working in Germany and later this year I'll be off to the US for my PPL. However, it does now look as if I'll be coming back here to (wonderful)Cologne for a two year posting. So, does anyone have any experience of flying on Germany as a non-speaker. I can get by in Deutsch but wouldn't want to need to rely on it to save my life in a boobs up situation. As the international language of aviation in English does that really, genuinely mean that all ATC chaps here will do the business in the Queen's Own or will I be throwing sausages out the window at them in frustration? Are the procedures different here? I mean, is it even advisable for a US / UK trained pilot to start his aviation years in Germany? I can see the advantages - no channel to cross to go to France / Holland / Belgium (!).
Seriously, any advise re. the above or even of schools / clubs you know of would be gratefully appreciated.
Thanks all,
Cap'n C.
I'm a Brit working in Germany and later this year I'll be off to the US for my PPL. However, it does now look as if I'll be coming back here to (wonderful)Cologne for a two year posting. So, does anyone have any experience of flying on Germany as a non-speaker. I can get by in Deutsch but wouldn't want to need to rely on it to save my life in a boobs up situation. As the international language of aviation in English does that really, genuinely mean that all ATC chaps here will do the business in the Queen's Own or will I be throwing sausages out the window at them in frustration? Are the procedures different here? I mean, is it even advisable for a US / UK trained pilot to start his aviation years in Germany? I can see the advantages - no channel to cross to go to France / Holland / Belgium (!).
Seriously, any advise re. the above or even of schools / clubs you know of would be gratefully appreciated.
Thanks all,
Cap'n C.