Thread: Chinese (and other) pilots unable to speak English pose danger for air travel (CNN)
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Old July 10th 07, 08:04 AM posted to rec.travel.air,rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Chinese (and other) pilots unable to speak English pose dangerfor air travel (CNN)
Jim Logajan wrote:

Craig Welch wrote:

David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote:


Extremely popular is meaningless. In the US, for example, which is
the most populous English speaking country in the world, high school
students are now learning Spanish at a rate almost 4 times that of
French.

The US is not the most populous English speaking country in the world.


I think at this point a reasonable rebuttal would go on to say something
like "The country with that honor is X, and my source for that
information is Y."

So here's what I consider a reasonable rebuttal to your rebuttal:

http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-top...eaker-map.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language


Wikipedia is NOT an authoritative source.