When Airline Pilots WON'T speak ENGLISH!!!

Shirl wrote in
Thank you. We thought it was only here in AZ, where a lot of aspiring
airline pilots come to put in time since there are so many
good-weather flying days here. Nothing worse than being in the pattern
at an uncontrolled airport and hearing, "FDVHUdscr Trafffick, Cessna
^%#s9, &&VSs, Gobbledegoop 1 mile, VFSDGXCxss, FDVHUdscr Traffick."

Huh? 1 mile WHERE? How do these people pass the oral exam? Do they
understand US? Do they care?

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
You ought to hear some US pilots abroad.....

I'm sure that's true, and US pilots abroad should be able to communicate
clearly in languages spoken there, too. But I don't think many US pilots
travel abroad specifically to learn to fly or to build hours. I just
figure if they're here specifically for that, speaking FLUENT, clear and
*understandable* ENGLISH would be a pre-requisite ... but apparently not!

Shirl wrote in news:Xmnushal8y-
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Shirl wrote in
Thank you. We thought it was only here in AZ, where a lot of aspiring
airline pilots come to put in time since there are so many
good-weather flying days here. Nothing worse than being in the pattern
at an uncontrolled airport and hearing, "FDVHUdscr Trafffick, Cessna
^%#s9, &&VSs, Gobbledegoop 1 mile, VFSDGXCxss, FDVHUdscr Traffick."

Huh? 1 mile WHERE? How do these people pass the oral exam? Do they
understand US? Do they care?

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
You ought to hear some US pilots abroad.....

I'm sure that's true, and US pilots abroad should be able to communicate
clearly in languages spoken there, too.

meant their knowledge and command of ICAO terms.



For instance, the crew who were told to descend to 3,000' QNH 1018.
"Could we have that in inches please?"
OK, descend 36,000" 1018...



Bertie

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Shirl wrote in news:Xmnushal8y-
:

Shirl wrote in
Thank you. We thought it was only here in AZ, where a lot of aspiring
airline pilots come to put in time since there are so many
good-weather flying days here. Nothing worse than being in the pattern
at an uncontrolled airport and hearing, "FDVHUdscr Trafffick, Cessna
^%#s9, &&VSs, Gobbledegoop 1 mile, VFSDGXCxss, FDVHUdscr Traffick."

Huh? 1 mile WHERE? How do these people pass the oral exam? Do they
understand US? Do they care?
Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
You ought to hear some US pilots abroad.....
I'm sure that's true, and US pilots abroad should be able to communicate
clearly in languages spoken there, too.

meant their knowledge and command of ICAO terms.



For instance, the crew who were told to descend to 3,000' QNH 1018.
"Could we have that in inches please?"
OK, descend 36,000" 1018...



Bertie
Uh yes, but down here in old Europe, we, all to often, get a Texan
airline pilot swallowing the last or middle syllable. I guess Pidgin
English *is* the true aviation language :P

vlastimirs wrote in
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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Shirl wrote in news:Xmnushal8y-
:

Shirl wrote in
Thank you. We thought it was only here in AZ, where a lot of
aspiring airline pilots come to put in time since there are so
many good-weather flying days here. Nothing worse than being in
the pattern at an uncontrolled airport and hearing, "FDVHUdscr
Trafffick, Cessna ^%#s9, &&VSs, Gobbledegoop 1 mile, VFSDGXCxss,
FDVHUdscr Traffick."

Huh? 1 mile WHERE? How do these people pass the oral exam? Do they
understand US? Do they care?
Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
You ought to hear some US pilots abroad.....
I'm sure that's true, and US pilots abroad should be able to
communicate clearly in languages spoken there, too.

meant their knowledge and command of ICAO terms.



For instance, the crew who were told to descend to 3,000' QNH 1018.
"Could we have that in inches please?"
OK, descend 36,000" 1018...



Bertie
Uh yes, but down here in old Europe, we, all to often, get a Texan
airline pilot swallowing the last or middle syllable. I guess Pidgin
English *is* the true aviation language :P



Yep!

Bertie