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

On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:39:21 +0200, the renowned Mxsmanic
wrote:

Donald Newcomb writes:

I wonder if the tests are all written, like in Japan where everyone studies
English but few people can speak it?

According to the news segment on CNN, the new test is verbal. It must be
extremely easy, though, since they interviewed a Chinese pilot who had passed
it and he was incomprehensible--and it was obvious that he had barely
understood the question put to him as well.

Are you sure he wasn't a Chinese pirate?


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Spehro Pefhany writes:

Are you sure he wasn't a Chinese pirate?

There was no reason to believe that he might be a pirate.

Mxsmanic wrote:
Spehro Pefhany writes:
Are you sure he wasn't a Chinese pirate?

There was no reason to believe that he might be a pirate.

Why do you think a pirate would go out of his way to give you clues that
he was a pirate?

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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Spehro Pefhany writes:

Are you sure he wasn't a Chinese pirate?

There was no reason to believe that he might be a pirate.

Were you bending over, or was that one really that far over your head?