Y. J. Foo 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2005 I have a question regarding this topic: if a plane is in Malaysian airspace is this permissible for the crew to use Bahasa Malaysia in lieu of English to exchange information with ATC? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
H Azmal 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2005 AFAIK, no. IIRC only Russian, French and Spanish may be used apart from English, and even then in certain territories only. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S V Choong 4 Report post Posted December 1, 2005 IIRC only Russian, French and Spanish may be used apart from English, and even then in certain territories only I thought the Chinese had in the past used Chinese on their airspace too? No? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nicholas Wan 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2005 yes..i heard in china, if you can speaks mandarin to atc then you get to push back first... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
H Azmal 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2005 I thought the Chinese had in the past used Chinese on their airspace too? No? 18266[/snapback] That's why I said IIRC.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S V Choong 4 Report post Posted December 1, 2005 (edited) yes..i heard in china, if you can speaks mandarin to atc then you get to push back first... lol.....favouritism eh?..... Not sure if TK had tried that when he took 777-2H6/ERs to PVG? In the early communist era of the 1950s-80s, I guess nobody can give a crap about speaking a foreign language in China. As China was pretty much had her boundary closed. So I assume the same goes for the communication with ATC. Edited December 1, 2005 by S V Choong Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Isaac 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2005 I thought the Chinese had in the past used Chinese on their airspace too? No? 18266[/snapback] I believe they are still using Mandarin now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Radzi 2 Report post Posted December 2, 2005 In China they use English these days, and their standard of English is improving too. BUT, between Chinese ATC and Chinese aircraft, very often Mandarin is used, and for international crew who don't know Mandarin, you won't know if there is an aircraft on your tail or 100 miles away. A seasoned crew will always try to figure out any traffic in relation to his aircraft, that is like second nature. Hearing someone talking without knowing thei position just add to the stress. Anyway, in Malaysia BM is not used for ATC, but we do add it sometimes for non critical items such as greetings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
