Chinese (and other) pilots unable to speak English pose danger for air travel (CNN)

"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com wrote in message
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Matthias van Henk wrote:
As more and more aviation business is operated from Asia and Chinese is
the most spoken language in the world all communication should be made
in Chinese then. :-)


If Won Wing Low had been the Father of Aviation, it could have been!



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Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com


Allegedly, a Pan Am 727 flight waiting for start clearance in Munich
overheard the following:
Lufthansa (in German): "Ground, what is our start clearance time?"
Ground (in English): "If you want an answer you must speak in English."
Lufthansa (in English): "I am a German, flying a German airplane, in
Germany. Why must I speak English?"
Unknown voice from another plane (in a beautiful British accent): "Because
you lost the bloody war."