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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="PT-BR">===========================================<br>
L O W L A N D S - L - 21 March 2009 - Volume 01<br>
===========================================</span></p>
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From: <span class="gd"><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Hellinckx Luc</span></span></span><span class="gi"> </span><span class="go"><<a href="mailto:luc.hellinckx@gmail.com">luc.hellinckx@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Subject: <span class="gi">LL-L "Language use"</span><br>
<br>
You wrote:</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><span style="word-spacing: 0px;">ATC (Air traffic control in a former CIS country):</span></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><span style=""> </span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: green;">ABC123 Cleared for take
off on runway 29</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Pilot:</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><span style=""> </span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: purple;">ABC123<span style=""> </span>Sorry, We have a dog on the runway</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">ATC;</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><span style=""> </span>Pause.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><span style=""> </span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: green;">ABC123 Repeat</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Pilot</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><span style=""> </span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: purple;">ABC123<span style=""> </span>Sorry, We have a dog on the runway</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">ATC:</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><span style=""> </span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: green;">What is dog?</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><span style=""> </span></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">That
is what happens when controllers and pilots only know aviation English.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><span style=""> </span></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Air
Traffic Management, Issue of Spring 2009, has a cover story on:</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><br><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"></span></strong></p><p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Broken English</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><span style=""></span>The language scandal that could soon
turn into tragedy</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><span style=""></span><span style=""></span>(title
on the cover)</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><span style=""> </span></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">I
scanned that article and leave it on my website for just a few days.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Copyrights
may apply:</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/tmp/01.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/tmp/01.jpg</a><span style=""> </span></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/tmp/25.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/tmp/25.jpg</a><span style=""> </span></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/tmp/26.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/tmp/26.jpg</a><span style=""> </span></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/tmp/27.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/tmp/27.jpg</a><span style=""> </span></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/tmp/28.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/tmp/28.jpg</a><span style=""> </span></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/tmp/29.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/tmp/29.jpg</a><span style=""> </span></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/tmp/31.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/tmp/31.jpg</a><span style=""> </span></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">(p 30 is skipped because it is an advertising page)</span></em><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><span style=""> </span></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Enjoy
(or Worry?)</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Worry.
'Cause there's no balance.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">In
aviation, English only became lingua franca after WW II. Still, many native
speakers have never made a reasonable effort to adapt their speech when
addressing non-native speakers. Especially in situations of vital importance
(aviation) this is plain wrong in my opinion. One reason could be that native
speakers don't know enough about structure, sound and rhythm of other
languages. "Empathy" is where it all starts guys.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">At the same
time, it's true as well that language education in some countries is just not
up to standards. Pretty often too much emphasis on grammar methinks.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Kind
greetings,</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Luc
Hellinckx<br></span></p>
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