On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 23:29:32 -0700, Shirl
wrote:

To be eligible for a private pilot certificate, a person must:
[a, b...]
(c) Be able to read, speak, write, and understand the English language.

But the pilot in question almost certainly never applied for a (US)
private pilot certificate, or indeed any American pilot certificate.

Is there a requirement that a pilot holding a foreign certificate and
flying in US airspace "read, speak" etc the English language? Or
merely that he communicate with ATC in English?

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