ATC accents

In article . com,
wrote:

The problem is compounded if English is not the native language of
either party. This was a factor in the Tenerife incident. It is bad
enough if only one side of the conversation is with a nonnative
English speaker.

I recall reading about a recent accident where the cockpit crew's
only common language was aviation English. I think it was the
depressurization one in Greece, although a quick check of Google News
didn't turn up anything.

Ok, Avweb had this:

http://www.avweb.com/newswire/11_37a.../190558-1.html

which references:

http://iht.com/articles/2005/09/06/news/crash.php

John
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John Clear - http://www.clear-prop.org/

Blanche wrote:
All I was trying to do was make a reservation...

That's what you *thought* you were doing. What you were really doing was
interupting his TV show and trying to make him work.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

wrote

Just before Xmas I flew with an instructor, from Tenerife North (Los
Rodeos), and he said the other factor was one transmission stamping on
the another:-(

chuckle
Although I understood exactly what you meant in the above exchange, upon
seeing your posting location, I thought I would clear up one thing for you,
for use when you are talking to US pilots.

Here, in the US, when two people try to transmit at the same time, we call
it "stepping" on the other's transmission, rather than "stamping."

Perhaps if we step on someone's transmission really hard, we could call it
"stamping." g

Funny thing, this language we Brits and US citizens supposedly share, eh?
g
--
Jim in NC

("Morgans" wrote)
Perhaps if we step on someone's transmission really hard, we could call it
"stamping." g

Funny thing, this language we Brits and US citizens supposedly share, eh?
g


I like their term "orbits" better than our term "circuits".


Montblack

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--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"Montblack" wrote in
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| ("Morgans" wrote)
| Perhaps if we step on someone's transmission really
hard, we could call it
| "stamping." g
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| Funny thing, this language we Brits and US citizens
supposedly share, eh?
| g
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| I like their term "orbits" better than our term
"circuits".
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| Montblack
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