I came across an interesting article today that discussed how passengers felt less safe if the pilot had a Birmingham accent.    Passengers felt more at ease with the following accents: RP accent (Oxford) – 81%
,  Edinburgh – 72%
, Newcastle – 65%, Yorkshire – 51%
, and  Swansea – 48%

.     The accents of pilots that passengers said were least likely to put them at ease were;

  Birmingham – 76%, Liverpool – 73%,  Bristol – 64%, Cockney – 41%, and Manchester – 39%.    These are all English accents!!!!!   I wonder  if there is a study indicating how passengers feel about pilots from other countries who may speak English with a different accent.       To our clients who are pilots at L2 Accent Reduction Centre,  let us know what you think of this article.

http://newslite.tv/2010/03/26/passengers-worried-by-a-pilots.html