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VC> May be all pilots need to have English tests like they do in the UK.
 
One day I was in either JFK or Minneapolis and a Japan Airlines 787 had
arrived. I was queueing for immigration.
 
Suddenly there was a PA-announcement "Japanese translator requested booth-1"
which processes airline crews ... there was the captain of that Japan Air
Lines 787 waiting to be processed ...
 
It is common knowledge that in Quebec airspace french and english is being
used, same as above France. Flying through Spanish airspace it is best to
understand spanish, same as the whole of South America where both spanish and
english are being used, except for Brazil where at domestic airports
Brazilian-portuguese is also used. However Portugal is strictly Spanish...

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