ATC accents

"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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"Ramapriya" wrote in message

Have anyone of you had a problem with the accents of various ATC chaps
around the world?

Is this a trivial problem, considering the standard phraseology in use
in ATC communications, or can it lead to something worse?

The myriad accents are exactly why standardized phraseology is important
in international ops. I personally think a lot of folks get overly anal
about it in domestic use, but that's just my opinion.

But US domestic ops are International ops for many. The French have the same
problem. Use French with the French even at CDG.

"Chris" wrote in message

But US domestic ops are International ops for many. The French have the
same problem. Use French with the French even at CDG.


Yes, you're right. Perhaps I didn't make myself clear enough. "Domestic"
ops at Kennedy or Dulles or a host of others are, as you say, truly
international, and should be treated as such. But I was referring to [and
here I place the caveat that I haven't flown anything anywhere in almost 10
years - I'm going by what I read on this NG and others] posters I read
here and elsewhere who rail on adamantly insisting on standardized
phraseology at airports that are 99% local traffic 99% of the time. I
simply don't think its worth getting crazy over in that environment. Takes
some of the fun away, in my view.