If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Chinese (and other) pilots unable to speak English pose danger for air travel (CNN)
CNN's Web page has a video segment from The Situation Room that describes the
serious problems with international pilots who cannot speak English well enough to communicate with air traffic control. They provide a recording of communications with Air China flight 981 in April in which the pilot has no idea what the controller is saying and the controller's frustration continues to build as his instructions are not followed. (This same recording has been circulating in aviation forums for months.) Air China says that it was the controller's fault for not speaking "standard" English, but the recording makes it clear that the pilots simply couldn't speak or understand at all. Several Chinese pilots and officials are interviewed; all are provided with subtitles (even though they are nominally speaking English) because their English is unintelligible. One pilot who supposedly passed an English test that will soon become mandatory is asked if he has ever had problems, and his response, in extremely broken English, is also unintelligible. And he's one of the pilots who passed? It's a rather alarming report. Controllers have known about the problem for years but nothing has ever been done. |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Chinese (and other) pilots unable to speak English pose danger for air travel (CNN)
"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
... One pilot who supposedly passed an English test that will soon become mandatory is asked if he has ever had problems, and his response, in extremely broken English, is also unintelligible. And he's one of the pilots who passed? I wonder if the tests are all written, like in Japan where everyone studies English but few people can speak it? -- Donald R. Newcomb DRNewcomb (at) attglobal (dot) net |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Chinese (and other) pilots unable to speak English pose danger for air travel (CNN)
Donald Newcomb writes:
I wonder if the tests are all written, like in Japan where everyone studies English but few people can speak it? According to the news segment on CNN, the new test is verbal. It must be extremely easy, though, since they interviewed a Chinese pilot who had passed it and he was incomprehensible--and it was obvious that he had barely understood the question put to him as well. |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Chinese (and other) pilots unable to speak English pose danger for air travel (CNN)
On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:39:21 +0200, the renowned Mxsmanic
wrote: Donald Newcomb writes: I wonder if the tests are all written, like in Japan where everyone studies English but few people can speak it? According to the news segment on CNN, the new test is verbal. It must be extremely easy, though, since they interviewed a Chinese pilot who had passed it and he was incomprehensible--and it was obvious that he had barely understood the question put to him as well. Are you sure he wasn't a Chinese pirate? Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Chinese (and other) pilots unable to speak English pose danger for air travel (CNN)
Spehro Pefhany writes:
Are you sure he wasn't a Chinese pirate? There was no reason to believe that he might be a pirate. |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Chinese (and other) pilots unable to speak English pose danger for air travel (CNN)
Mxsmanic wrote:
Spehro Pefhany writes: Are you sure he wasn't a Chinese pirate? There was no reason to believe that he might be a pirate. Why do you think a pirate would go out of his way to give you clues that he was a pirate? miguel -- Hit the road! Photos from around the world: http://travel.u.nu Detailed airport information: http://airport.u.nu |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
Chinese (and other) pilots unable to speak English pose danger for air travel (CNN)
"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
... Spehro Pefhany writes: Are you sure he wasn't a Chinese pirate? There was no reason to believe that he might be a pirate. Were you bending over, or was that one really that far over your head? |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
Chinese (and other) pilots unable to speak English pose danger for air travel (CNN)
On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:39:21 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote: According to the news segment on CNN, the new test is verbal. Most tests are, unless they are intended for folks who can't read. (Putting round pegs into round holes would be non-verbal. Checking off "round hole" to the question "which hole does this peg go into?" is verbal.) But perhaps you meant "oral"? Blue skies! -- Dan Ford Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942 forthcoming from HarperCollins www.flyingtigersbook.com |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
Chinese (and other) pilots unable to speak English pose danger for air travel (CNN)
Cubdriver usenet AT danford DOT net writes:
Most tests are, unless they are intended for folks who can't read. (Putting round pegs into round holes would be non-verbal. Checking off "round hole" to the question "which hole does this peg go into?" is verbal.) But perhaps you meant "oral"? I was simply using the same term CNN used. I don't know exactly what they might have meant by it, but I presume they meant oral. |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
Chinese (and other) pilots unable to speak English pose dangerfor air travel (CNN)
As more and more aviation business is operated from Asia and Chinese is
the most spoken language in the world all communication should be made in Chinese then. :-) |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
China Travel Destinations Chinese/English Glossary | [email protected] | Asia | 1 | July 15th, 2005 11:40 PM |
Places that speak English | villa deauville | Cruises | 0 | October 17th, 2003 03:27 PM |
Places that speak English | villa deauville | Cruises | 0 | October 17th, 2003 04:20 AM |
Places that speak English | villa deauville | Cruises | 0 | October 16th, 2003 06:45 PM |
Places that speak English | VacuumHead | Cruises | 57 | October 16th, 2003 04:48 PM |