Originally Posted by
BrianWBrazil
I think some of the discussion here lies in the expectation of English being readily spoken or understood while on board a carrier that is not from an English-speaking country and that is flying to an none English-speaking country. France to Germany, as I understand. How can that be something to complain about? When I go from GIG(Rio) to EZE(Buenos Aires) I do not expect or demand to hear any English spoken, not to be understood if I use that language; that would be incredibly arrogant on my part!
So you think it is more reasonable to expect that
all PAX speak the local language of the airline rather than expect that the flight crew will speak English? (at least to some basic level)