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.