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Old 05-19-2008 | 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by saab2000
Getting anyone who even speaks a bit of English is a huge challenge.
A few years back we were waiting to push so I asked the tug driver what country he was from. His answer (in broken english):
"I am from my country"
HAHA
Later the captain was telling me he felt like it could be a violation of SOP to push at IAD because it was impossible to "establish communication" with the ground crew. Amazing anything worked at all there.
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