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Offline Amante de Aviones

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Mexican Pilots
« on: January 09, 2008, 02:29:32 AM »
Over the Winter holidays i was in puerto Vallarta for a week.  While in MMPR i used my scanner and heard a mexicana Pilot talking to the tower in english.  I wondered if they do this often or just for safety because i know they use spanish for ATC  in Mexico.



Offline tyketto

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Re: Mexican Pilots
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2008, 02:49:35 PM »
Over the Winter holidays i was in puerto Vallarta for a week.  While in MMPR i used my scanner and heard a mexicana Pilot talking to the tower in english.  I wondered if they do this often or just for safety because i know they use spanish for ATC  in Mexico.

For the most, English is the standard language for ATC. But if the pilot isn't fluent enough in it (in a non-English speaking country), ATC can speak to them in their native language. I've heard French ATC speak in French to French pilots, but actually speak better English to English-speaking pilots from the US!

But the ICAO holds the authority over that, and they are looking over revising their standards to make the English comprehension even more strict.

BL.

Offline MathFox

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Re: Mexican Pilots
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2008, 07:10:59 PM »
I've noticed that in Amsterdam the Dutch pilots often use Dutch for chatter and English for traffic information relevant to all planes, confirm ATC instructions in English, etc.

*Chatter in Dutch about the mechanical state of a plane*... KL1311 will hold at P1