Re: [ga] Public Comment Period: NARALO MOU

["Elisabeth Porteneuve" <elisabeth.porteneuve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As far as I know English is mandatory. There is always a plane nearby on the radars with pilot not speaking French or Italian, and a few seconds to switch languages in critical situation may lead to disaster.

However when launching spacecrafts, the French CapCom speaks French in Kourou, counting down dix, neuf, ... etc., and the American CapCom speaks English.

Best,
Elisabeth
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Roberto Gaetano 
  To: 'Hugh Dierker' ; 'JFC Morfin' ; 'Debbie Garside' ; 'Jeff Williams' ; ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Cc: martin.boyle@xxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 7:53 PM
  Subject: RE: [ga] Public Comment Period: NARALO MOU


  Hugh Dierker  wrote:
    The most mission critical worldwide enterprize, I would think is Aviation. And for at least 60 years. How do they handle the language issue with traffic control? 

  In Italy, communication with air traffic control, including control tower at airports, can be done either in english or in italian. I assume that most commercial pilots will use english, but it is not a requirement.
  To be honest, I don't know how they deal with the matter in airports located in bilingual areas.

  Cheers,
  Roberto