• Re: Korean 777 hits Icelandic 757 at Heathrow

    From Aviation HQ@2:292/854 to Wilfred van Velzen on Thu Sep 29 21:04:04 2022
    Wilfred,

    There are reasons why I will never board a Korean Airlines airliner
    ...

    Do you want to share them with us?

    1) Problematic cockpit culture (that is true for most Asian airlines)

    2) The lethal accident rate

    3) Historic issues with navigational problems

    4) Language. Some years ago I flew into Seattle from Amsterdam and before us
    was a KAL 747. When going through immigration I suddenly heard "Korean
    interpreter at booth 14 requested" ... this was where the captain of that
    flight intended to enter the USA... (the same I've seen with a Japan Air
    lines flight in Minneapolis).
    Listen to this JAL-Captain in Boston ...
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3-1RM5t0Ys

    --- DB4 - 20220519
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  • From Vincent Coen@2:250/1 to Aviation HQ on Sat Nov 19 01:34:54 2022
    Hello Aviation!

    Thursday September 29 2022 12:08, you wrote to All:

    Two planes, from airlines Icelandair and Korean Air, collided at
    Heathrow airport on Wednesday evening. A spokesman for London's
    airport said there was a "minor collision" with no injuries, the BBC
    and The Guardian report.

    Images on social media show that emergency services rushed to the
    scene after the collision that allegedly occurred on the runway.
    Inside the Korean Air plane was a journalist from The Guardian, who
    writes that a passenger saw the left wing of the plane hit the tail of
    the Icelandair plane. That would have happened while taxiing.

    Footage shows damage to the tail of the Icelandair plane. Due to the incident, passengers would have to deal with delayed flights.

    The aircraft concerned are a Boeing 777-300 (registration: HL7782) of
    Korean Air and a Boeing 757-200 (registration: TF-FIK) of Icelandair.

    May be all pilots need to have English tests like they do in the UK.

    Want to change my address on my PPL and Commercial licenses but the CAA insist I take an English test at 30 - 50 pounds by a examiner.
    Pointed out to them that I have lived in the UK for some 75 years and also hold
    other licences from MOD, USA, Barbados, Israel to name but a few and have never
    been asked this, despite holding a radio certificate for all of them for in excess of 50 years.

    They were not too impressed when I asked if the language (English) has changed in this time period :)



    Vincent

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  • From Aviation HQ@2:292/854 to Vincent Coen on Sat Nov 26 10:14:40 2022
    May be all pilots need to have English tests like they do in the UK.

    One day I was in either JFK or Minneapolis and a Japan Airlines 787 had arrived. I was queueing for immigration.

    Suddenly there was a PA-announcement "Japanese translator requested booth-1" which processes airline crews ... there was the captain of that Japan Air Lines 787 waiting to be processed ...

    It is common knowledge that in Quebec airspace french and english is being used, same as above France. Flying through Spanish airspace it is best to understand spanish, same as the whole of South America where both spanish and english are being used, except for Brazil where at domestic airports Brazilian-portuguese is also used. However Portugal is strictly Spanish...

    --- DB4 - 20220519
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