I agree with you totally. My sentiment was that there have also been many accidents caused by ATC talking in a foreign language (English) to another pilot who also doesn't speak English as a first language. The possible problems which can be introduced by a conversation in effect being translated twice are huge. OK, they may be far less than if everyone was speaking the same language, but it still holds potential for serious errors. It just goes to show that we'll probably never reach an ideal state of affairs with respect to communication.
Since the furthest I've flown is 30nm and I don't live in the SE of the UK then this doesn't really affect me at the moment. So I'll shut up ;-) All the best, Matt On 09:06 Mon 29 Dec 2003, David Megginson wrote: > Actually, I think that's a serious problem. One of the benefits of using a > common ATC frequency (instead of some kind of direct plane-to-plane > comlink) is that we can all hear ATC talking to other aircraft and form an > idea of what's happening around us. ATC *does* make mistakes, all the > time, and almost always pilots catch those mistakes (just like ATC catches > ours). If a non-native pilot cannot understand the other chatter on the > radio, we lose that safety layer. > > > All the best, > > > David _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
