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Pépé le Pilot · March 7th, 2008, 08:29

Imagine that. You speak say French pretty good. You come here in France to learn how to fly.
Remember those first hours on your own ?
Anyone whose English is not their mothertongue would be in trouble at some point with coms. Add to that noisy aircrafts and sometimes crappy headsets and there you have it.
I am French, grew up in england, I speak French and english natively. I trained in the Bay Area (KSJC) and boy was I sometimes lost with coms.
Imagine my demise when I landed my first job in Daytona Beach at PEA... Overcrowded airspace, ERAU had about 120 planes at the time, and seems like they were all flying at the same time, and coming back into KDAB at the same time...
It can be tough. I once came back from Kabul to Istanbul with Ariana (afghan company). French crew, their english was pathetic, the approach controller had to repeat 2/3 times the app clearance.

March 7th, 2008, 08:29	#9
Pépé le Pilot Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 40	Re: Article Dealing with Foreign Students in S. FL Airspace Imagine that. You speak say French pretty good. You come here in France to learn how to fly. Remember those first hours on your own ? Anyone whose English is not their mothertongue would be in trouble at some point with coms. Add to that noisy aircrafts and sometimes crappy headsets and there you have it. I am French, grew up in england, I speak French and english natively. I trained in the Bay Area (KSJC) and boy was I sometimes lost with coms. Imagine my demise when I landed my first job in Daytona Beach at PEA... Overcrowded airspace, ERAU had about 120 planes at the time, and seems like they were all flying at the same time, and coming back into KDAB at the same time... It can be tough. I once came back from Kabul to Istanbul with Ariana (afghan company). French crew, their english was pathetic, the approach controller had to repeat 2/3 times the app clearance. __________________ Chuck Norris is right behind you !