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    Der CEO von Air Canada wird dieses Jahr in den Ruhestand gehen, nachdem seine nur auf Englisch verfasste Absturznachricht kritisiert wurde


    Der CEO von Air Canada wird dieses Jahr in den Ruhestand gehen, nachdem seine nur auf Englisch verfasste Absturznachricht kritisiert wurde

    https://apnews.com/article/air-canada-ceo-crash-english-french-resign-02da899607c92b8ecb31dc01085e4980

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    3. Secret_g_nome on

      This whole controversy is silly. Just soyer billingue like all the rest of nous.

    4. BiBoFieTo on

      This has nothing to do with the tragedy. It’s about Carney pandering to Quebec voters by putting a French language issue into the media cycle.

    5. Yazim on

      Giving an immediate update in English with French subtitles doesn’t seem inappropriate at all. But what do I know. 

    7. Timeless-Times on

      If he didn’t have the intellectual capacity to read from a teleprompter after 300 hours of French class (as he stated), he probably doesn’t have the intellectual capacity to be a CEO.

    8. fuji_ju on

      For international and ROC readers: The guy has lived in Montreal (where ICAO is headquartered as well as AC ) for 20 years, has a francophone mother and wife and has been caught in a similar controversy 5 years ago where he promised to learn French. He’s an inconsiderate lyer and the stock was going nowhere.

      For 12M$/yr, he was clearly not the best representative for AC. In any case, the idea that ’selecting for bilingualism reduces the quality of the candidate pool‘ is silly. Mastering more than one language is the global norm, and the anglo-normative view that ‚requiring anything more than english is discrimination‘ is silly. Especially for high level executives.

      I’m sure someone smarter is willing to learn 5 languages to get a 12M$ paycheck.

    9. KE55 on

      Was anyone *really* outraged, or is this just the media indulging in faux outrage for headlines?

    10. APLJaKaT on

      The fact that an English only message is the take away and generates the fake outrage over this tragedy is very telling. Carney should have been asking WTF is going on with American (and Canadian) ATC and airport operations instead of worrying about this nonsense. What a friggin joke this country is becoming.

      BTW 700 complaints to the official language commissioner out of a population of 40 million is not even a rounding error. How did this ridiculous story gain traction in the media while they completely miss the failures that are endangering air travelers?

    12. hannabarberaisawhore on

      How much is the media blowing this out of proportion to create stress at a fault line in Canada? We’ve got a lot of natural resources capitalism powers are salivating over. Bet it’d be easy to grab hold of a bunch if our huge country is busy fracturing apart.

    14. ExpensivePoint3972 on

      Someone should teach the Quebecois how to use a computer and introduce them to technology that can automatically translate things for them.

    17. aldur1 on

      All the people thinking this is some random controversy needs a little history lesson.

      Air Canada (AC) was privatized in the 1980s through the Air Canada Public Participation Act. Amongst other things it stipulates:

      * AC must be headquartered in Montreal
      * AC is subject to the Official Languages Act which means like the federal government, AC must offer its services in both English and French.

      Clearly that doesn’t mean the CEO must be proficient in both English and French as seen in the latest CEO. But you can see how French and Quebec culture were top of mind when the airline was privatized way back then.

      Another history lesson -very recent history. After the Tumbler Ridge shooting in BC, Yves Francois Blanchet (leader of the Bloc Quebecois) offered his condolences in English in the House of Commons. Prior to this he has never chosen to speak English in the HoC.

      So yeah this was a major slip up by the Air Canada CEO in not even bothering to try.

    19. raven1121 on

      A year ago the former Thailand PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra made a a.i video of herself speaking Mandarin wishing the [Chinese community a happy new year](https://youtu.be/_DQhzhNVBxQ?si=aUs4wePsY25zhUzJ) , she doesnt know Mandarin irl.

      if not knowing French can get you fired i wonder if we are going to see more a.i. dubbing in the future.

    21. Cool-Profession-730 on

      Well he’s probably walking away with a huge severance check and i’m sure the bank will cash it in any language .

    24. Orikazu on

      What’s the problem here. It’s a private company. Just because it’s got Canada in the name they gotta be bilingual?

    25. NobodyGotTimeFuhDat on

      Oh, cry me a river!

      “Canada’s largest airline is headquartered in Montreal. Rousseau previously had been criticized for not speaking French. ***He delivered his condolence video message in English, with French subtitles. The Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages has received hundreds of complaints about it***.”

    26. Former-Toe on

      when Carney was elected leader of the Liberal party, he spoke French. you could hear, even to my non-french speaking ears, his accent was not perfect. but what is important is he made the effort to learn, knowing it was important.

    28. greenoliv on

      Crazy that this was his downfall and not him admitting on television they weren’t negotiating with the flight attendants because they already knew the government was going to invoke them back to work

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