On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 09:54:57 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
wrote:

Yes, you can,. there is actually no requirement, in Franc,e for
instance, that the pilot should speak english to ATC.=

Indeed, there was quite a fuss a year or two ago when controllers at
Charles de Gaulle demanded that American and British pilots speak in
French.

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