The importance of English language in the aviation industry

[ticketas]

Hello,
My name is Mykolas. I live in Lithuania and currently I am studying for my pilots license and Aerospace engineering masters degree VGTU (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University).
My final paper is about an importance of English language in aviation. So I would like to ask for help:
1. Any article about incidents because of miscommunication or recordings would help.
2. Expert opinion on the subject would really help.
3. Information on where I could find statistics about the traffic in airports would help.
4. Any ideas to make the subject more useful or interesting would also be very appreciated.

I will mention and give credit to anyone who will help me on my Master's dissertation.

 

[Aviador]

Re: The importance of English language

A pilot is probably the best person to speak to about this because I am sure they will learn about it during their training.

I suspect the main reason will be because English is probably the most widely spoken "international" language so it makes sense to use English before any other language. I am sure there are plenty of facts and figures floating around to prove this.