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Old Feb 16, 2013 | 5:37 pm
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Aviatrix
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Originally Posted by jib71
The EZY pilot for our LTN-FAO flight today didn't seem to know how to say his numbers in English. That was rather disconcerting.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we expect to arrive in Faro at about one quarter hour after seventeen hundred. Skies are clear and the temperature is one four degrees."

Okay...
Both "seventeen hundred" and "one four" are normal aviation speak. He probably doesn't use his English much outside aviation.

He can fly the plane. He can communicate with ATC. Where is the problem?
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