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it's the english phrase. all pilots and ATC in the world are required to use english. it seems like the use of "number 1" made them think they were ready to ta
by gwill 3y ago
it's the english phrase. all pilots and ATC in the world are required to use english.
it seems like the use of "number 1" made them think they were ready to take off, not that it sounded like a similar phrase.
someone please correct me if i'm wrong.
- Leherenn 3y agoThat's not true, you can use the local language as well. What is required is to answer in English if prompted in English. Though nowadays most major airports probably are English only, it wasn't so long ago that pilots were complaining that most of the traffic at CDG was in French for instance. For what it's worth, I believe Japan is very strict in the English only however.
- gwill 3y agothanks for the info!
- kqr 3y ago> it's the english phrase. all pilots and ATC in the world are required to use english. This is not strictly true, is it? They should be able to speak English, but they are not required to use it. https://aviation.stackexchange.com/a/14254 https://aviation.stackexchange.com/a/14254
- gwill 3y agoyea my bad, just required to be able to use it and respond in english when prompted in english.