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B747-200 crew had a canadian controller that insisted on speaking french to control aircraft on his frequency.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 529368 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200110 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : czul.artcc |
| State Reference | PQ |
| Altitude | msl single value : 37000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : czul.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B747-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Route In Use | enroute : pacific enroute other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 8500 flight time type : 400 |
| ASRS Report | 529368 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : czul.artcc |
Narrative:
Male controller speaking in french to every airline crew who could respond in french. Complaint: degradation is situational awareness. Comment: I don't mind the french language and even took a few yrs of it in high school. However, I (and most airline crews) are not fluent in it.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B747-200 CREW HAD A CANADIAN CTLR THAT INSISTED ON SPEAKING FRENCH TO CTL ACFT ON HIS FREQ.
Narrative: MALE CTLR SPEAKING IN FRENCH TO EVERY AIRLINE CREW WHO COULD RESPOND IN FRENCH. COMPLAINT: DEGRADATION IS SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. COMMENT: I DON'T MIND THE FRENCH LANGUAGE AND EVEN TOOK A FEW YRS OF IT IN HIGH SCHOOL. HOWEVER, I (AND MOST AIRLINE CREWS) ARE NOT FLUENT IN IT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.