"Chris" wrote in message

But US domestic ops are International ops for many. The French have the
same problem. Use French with the French even at CDG.


Yes, you're right. Perhaps I didn't make myself clear enough. "Domestic"
ops at Kennedy or Dulles or a host of others are, as you say, truly
international, and should be treated as such. But I was referring to [and
here I place the caveat that I haven't flown anything anywhere in almost 10
years - I'm going by what I read on this NG and others] posters I read
here and elsewhere who rail on adamantly insisting on standardized
phraseology at airports that are 99% local traffic 99% of the time. I
simply don't think its worth getting crazy over in that environment. Takes
some of the fun away, in my view.