"Howard Brazee" <howard at brazee.net> writes: > jeff G. wrote: >> ----Original Message Follows---- > >> A True Story. I met an American guy in Paris who was teaching >> English to French Air Traffic contollers. He was walking down the >> streets when he was stopped by an elderly American couple who asked >> him for directions. > > Every international airport in the world - outside of Quebec has air > traffic controllers who speak English. Montreal's speaks French. Quebec has controllers who speak English too; they just try to avoid admitting it to Canadian pilots. International treaty requires *all* air traffic control to accept English. Usually they accept the local native language as well. > It is interesting that there are international pilots who don't know > good English - just good enough to communicate with Air Traffic > Controllers. (Although it is a safety issue to learn it better) And it's been cited as one cause of various accidents over the years, too. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b at dd-b.net>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>