Originally Posted by
bustinmins
If your FO isn't English proficient then he or she should be removed from the aircraft and sent home.
You could restrict their flying until they have more time to practice their English on the radio. Once they become truly proficient, then you could allow them some bounces.
I'd consider the above to proper if the FO is unable to understand and or comprehend what's been said. If being cleared position and hold, and they read back cleared for take off, because they can't understand the difference, fair enough.
But ontop of all that, there would be a true safety concern (in my eyes) that would need to be addressed. And it wouldn't just be "my leg", it'd be "no leg", and a call to the Professional Standards, a Flight Manager, or the Chief Pilot. if someone can't get the simple radio call correct, i'm sure they wouldn't be much help when you chuck an engine, or have another emergency that you have to deal with, which requires two competent crewmembers.