Gosh, suddenly realized that this incident happened 14 years ago. Time really goes by in a blink. Btw, JFK is an extremely buy airport not only for travelers but for pilots, and I have a feeling that, after a safe landing, the 981 captain was playing around with the tower so that his plane could secure a wanted gate first. The tower was frustrated probably because always always some pilots play this trick of bad English to him. Lol
全世界民航飛行員跟塔台(air and ground)都說英文(台灣的也是),更何況是飛國際線;不能聽或說英文跟本不該飛國際線,若是飛行途中有狀況要在備降場落地呢?總不能要求其他地區的塔台都要配合著說中文吧!再則,若是想插隊。哪更要不得,整個機場又不是只有一架飛機。不守規距讓全機的旅客陷入危險,這不僅不道德更是丟人呀!
沒這麼複雜吧...就聽不懂have they cleared you into your gate是什麼意思,後面塔臺用簡單一點的英文問說if you can get into your gate now or not,他們就聽懂了。字幕打出來很簡單,沒字幕我也聽不懂...只是中國航空機師英文程度跟我一樣慘烈,聽不懂塔台指揮這件事也未免太危險...