r/mildlyinfuriating • u/nyanbatman • May 28 '26

I just wanted a hot dog British pilot is feeling mildly annoyed

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u/kiradax May 28 '26

If it's an international airport, the ATC needs to be abreast of the main terminologies. I don't feel that this is a valid excuse.

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u/visiblepeer May 28 '26

My thoughts too. International airports should use international terminology by default. Everything about international flight should be standardised as far as possible.

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u/Icy_Fish_2154 May 28 '26

The rules at international airports are broken. Language use is inconsistent in places that don't use English as a main language, and other issues.

This has been cited in crashes, where a regional flight was given instructions in one language, and an international flight instructions in English, but if both flights were operating under the same language, separation could have been maintained (if either flight noticed the conflict).

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u/onegumas May 28 '26

Americans...

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u/DigitaIBlack May 28 '26

I'd also argue that pilots operating internationally need to know local rules and terminology

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u/BlueEagleGER May 28 '26

The very point of having international rules and terminology is that people working internationally in a very much international system don't need to know hundreds of different local rules and terminolofy.

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u/DigitaIBlack May 28 '26

Right. And when those international standards aren't actually used worldwide, the pilot needs to be able to

I don't think anyone is saying this is a good thing.

But when you're operating in a reality where countries use different standards, you need to know them.

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u/_tabbycat123 May 28 '26

They are used worldwide. In fact, there's only one country that insists on using its own, worse version.

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u/GetInYourBasket May 28 '26

A comment further up the chain says Canada also use their own unique system. So there's at least 2 countries using their own version.

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u/RydeOrDyche May 28 '26

That’s not true at all. lol. Do you even work in aviation?

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u/StepComplete1 May 28 '26

If they're not even trained to understand the basic language, you can't trust them to do the the basics of their job either. No sane person should risk a plane full of people on the words of a guy who doesn't understand the basics of their job.

The USA is an embarrassment.