Thread: Misc Child's Play at JFK Has Adults Fuming Mad
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Old 03-03-2010, 05:49 PM   #21
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I've always wondered about the language issue with pilots. If you're a pilot flying from Los Angeles to Tokyo, do you have to speak both English and Japanese? That seems unlikely. Do all control towers use English? That also seems unlikely. Do international planes have some sort of auto-translator or a human translator? Those also seem unlikely.

As for the kid, I'm sure they were watching him like a hawk, but as noted above, this is JFK Airport in New York. If the kid messes up a word or decides to have fun and improvise, things could get really, really bad really, really fast.
English is the standard and default language worldwide for the airlines.
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