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Happy Hoosier

(9,175 posts)
8. Quite so... Fortunately....
Fri Aug 18, 2023, 11:35 AM
Aug 2023

... in my experience, most educated Ukrainians (which include most pilots) know at least some English, and quite a few are more or less fluent.

One challenge for them is learning that our instrumentation is in IMPERIAL units. SOME systems use metric, but most of the displays are in Imperial units. 'Cuz 'Murica.

A bigger challenge is ground and maintenence crews, which will tend to be less educated and most will not know English well. But mostly what I'm hearing is that the ground creews will be trained in basic ops and any serious maintenence (requiring access to manuals, for example), would be performed by contractors in safer locations.

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It is about time. nt doc03 Aug 2023 #1
We're probably a year away.... Happy Hoosier Aug 2023 #2
Well one thing that was different with this story BumRushDaShow Aug 2023 #4
There are some other issues currently in discussion. Happy Hoosier Aug 2023 #5
Oh sure BumRushDaShow Aug 2023 #7
Quite so... Fortunately.... Happy Hoosier Aug 2023 #8
Exactly. The metric thing is a big issue BumRushDaShow Aug 2023 #11
Which is exactly why this is a disturbing escalation hueymahl Aug 2023 #12
Better late than never. herding cats Aug 2023 #3
I've heard a lot about the A10 having great capabilities near perfect for type situations in Ukraine 2live is 2fly Aug 2023 #6
The A-10's day has passed. Happy Hoosier Aug 2023 #9
Kick BlueWavePsych Aug 2023 #10
I like it republianmushroom Aug 2023 #13
About time Bayard Aug 2023 #14
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