Did you know that English is the official and international language of aviation and that all repair manuals are printed only in English?  It shouldn't be surprising since English is also the international language of business.  

But it is even more critical for aviation because, when it comes to the safety and reliability of aircraft, multiple languages would open the door for misinterpretation and mistakes.  

That's why Congressman Brian Bilbray (R-CA) was shocked when he learned of an investigation launched by a Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas television station which revealed the alarming fact that hundreds of aircraft mechanics who daily work on commercial airlines throughout the United States cannot read their repair manuals because the manuals are printed in English, a language these mechanics do not understand.

Read more... [Airline Mechanics Cannot Communicate In English]

Please click here to send an email to your own Representative urging him or her to join with Rep. Bilbray and other concerned Congressmen to solve this problem immediately. 

FOREIGN LANGUAGE ENTITLEMENT

IN THE 2009

HOUSE HEALTH CARE BILL

·        For healthcare, the bill pushes a taxpayer-funded entitlement to foreign language translation, essentially seeking to enshrine infamous Executive Order 13166 into federal statute.

·        An entitlement – the mandate – to have the taxpayers pay for proper translation of complex medical jargon into any and every language would create a huge financial burden.

·        A translation mandate would create massive legal liability that taxpayers would have to fund.

·        The mandate would insert the government between you and your doctor yet one more time.

·        For liberals, this bill solves their problem of repeated court rejections of their claim that foreign language translation is mandated by the 1964 Civil Rights law “on the basis of national origin.”  This bill would  replace that fallacious argument with a new, bona fide statutory basis for foreign language translations.

·        The bill has at least four major federally funded provisions, with a clear eye toward expansion:

Read more... [Why English First Opposes the Obama Health Care Plan]

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