Cockpit Chronicles: FOQA kept these pilots out of trouble in Panama

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A cliffhanger?! Come on kent!

Great Post though. My dad is a 747 captain for United primarily flying to Asia, and the South Pacific. He says he runs into the same problem with controllers over seas a lot as well. Another thing he says he runs into, is the controllers talking to local carriers in their native language, (especially in China). This frustrates him because he needs to know what every other aircraft in the area is doing, and when he can't understand what is going on, it hinders the safety of the aircraft and his passengers.

Have you ever run into this problem?

9-03-2010 @ 4:29PM

Kent Wien said...

Absolutely Nathaniel.

In fact, it seems to be prevalent in every non-English speaking countries, counter to the rules in place. I agree with your dad, it helps with situational awareness when you can hear and understand the controllers instructions to other pilots. But I doubt it will ever change. And you get used to it after a while.

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