"Grund, wie ist unsere Anfang-Abfertigungszeit?" Ludwig barked into his mouthpiece, gloved hands tightening on the plane's controls.
For some reason, it was Alfred who answered him.
"Nuh-uh, if you want an answer you gotta speak English!" he snickered in between bites of a burger.
Ludwig sighed. "I am a German. Flying a German plane. In Germany. Why do I need to speak English?"
There was a sound of a small scuffle. The voice that answered was unmistakably Arthur's.
"Because you lost the bloody war!"
Somewhere in the background, he swore he could hear Feliks' giggles of "Like, totally pwned."
A/N: Apparently this was [more or less] an actual exchange, overheard by a Pan Am 727 flight, waiting for start clearance in Munich.
Ludwig's opening line roughly means 'Ground, what is our start clearance time?" But you can never trust online translations.