I'll admit I'm having trouble following you. Is this happening at the Carp airport or is this a hypothetical example? I don't know your area at all.rookiepilot wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2019 6:42 pmActually I don't have to. It's completely obvious, that a circuit on a busy Saturday with 8 aircraft, all speaking English in a clear, understandable matter, would be much safer than 4 speaking English and 4 speaking French, all stepping on each other and asking "repeat".ahramin wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2019 6:29 pm
If you are going to make a safety case for language, your first step should be to quantify how many accidents there are, and how many of them are due to the language issue you are talking about. Not all language issues, just the one you are claiming is unsafe.
If your entire argument is that it would be safer if everyone spoke the same language on the radio, I'm forced to agree. It would also be safer if everyone installed TCAS. We can spend all day listing things that would make aviation safer, starting with grounding all non 705 aircraft and every pilot without an ATPL.
Without being able to say HOW unsafe something is (by pointing out the actual consequences) it's not enough to say safety would be improved therefore the rules should change. Again, it's completely obvious that a pilot with a Commercial Licence level of experience and training is safer than a Private Pilot with 45 hours. Does it then follow that the rules should be changed to eliminate the Private Pilot Licence?
So again, you claim that we should change the rules on which languages are used on the radio. Do you realize this is the same claim Air Canada pilots made over 40 years ago when they went on strike over this very issue? It was the same case you are making today. "If French is allowed on the radio, there are going to be fatal crashes, people are going to be killed". 40 years later, no accidents. Does it really make sense to bring up the same opinion over and over again when history has already proven that opinion wrong?
If there is a recent accident with French as a contributing factor that I am unaware of by all means bring up the subject. Perhaps pointing out that traffic levels are higher than before and that what was working before is no longer working. But if you're going to try to get Transport Canada to change the rules because "It's obviously safer", don't expect to convince anyone but the echo chamber.
First of all, it sounds like the airspace you are talking about doesn't even require a radio, let alone position reports. There is uncontrolled airspace where position reports are required (MF), are you claiming some pilots are making those position reports in French outside of Québec? Or is it just that you hear French on the radio? If the latter, how would you know where they are? I believe this was your point so how are you claiming you know where they are? How many NM are "well, well into Ontario"? How high were you?rookiepilot wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2019 6:42 pmAnd to reiterate-- I've heard it well, well into Ontario....