AZ flight schools for out of country students

[travelairterry]

It's getting more and more dangerous at many Arizona airports with students that speak little or very bad english. I fly out of Falcon in Mesa KFFZ and Sebina just set up shop. It's to bad that we will have to wait for the mid air before anything is done. The cities want the revenue so safety is in the back seat. Our controllers are going crazy as these students walk all over everyone on radios and fly any pattern they want. Sometimes in the opposite direction from everyone else!! It is an accident waiting to happen. A student came within 100 feet of a North American AT6 a few days ago. Nothing was done or said to these students. Plus they are rude at the local restaurant. Like we are jerks. I say if they can't speak so we can understand them, they should go home and don't come back until they do speak and understand us.
Be careful. Me, I am looking for a new home. Too bad I loved that airport.

[SkykingC310]

Same thing is going on up here at the Portland-Hillsboro Airport (KHIO). So many asian students that can't speak english clearly. It's a freaking FAR for crying out loud.

[Imongo]

The REQUIRED international language of aviation is English. I flew into Guadeloupe with a friend once and the ATC was speaking in both English and French. What was the fun part was when ATC was rattling in French, called our numbers, rattled more in French and then said, "Clear to land". So, we came in and landed only to find a police escort to the tower to explain ourselves because we caused a French airliner to go around. They took even more offense when we asked why they were speaking French!

I don't know who would be the correct agency to complain to, but if I were you, I wouldn't move. I would start a campaign. The students and ergo the flight school are breaking the law and endangering lives. This needs to be clear. I live in a area where the local language is English, but a very bad variation (similar to a Jamaican accent). However, the local flight school makes it mandatory that they learn (if they don't already) to speak very clearly and slowly so everyone understands. The guy who owns the flight school is a born and raised here local, can turn on the accent whenever he wants, but in the left seat, speaks as clearly as a TV talk show host. He is also the local FAA examiner, and will not pass a student that cannot speak clearly. It is his life at stake too...

Mongo