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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. 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! |
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vlastimirs wrote in
: 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 |
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