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Intercultural issues in Aviation English training around the world: Argentina

Intercultural issues in Aviation English training around the world: Argentina. ICAEA – Paris 2013. Negative experiences. Low numbers of ATCOs in the classrooms Training offers failure. ICAEA – Paris 2013. The Three Cultures. Training at CIPE. 4 Regional Administrations

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Intercultural issues in Aviation English training around the world: Argentina

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  1. Intercultural issues in Aviation English training around the world: Argentina ICAEA – Paris 2013

  2. Negative experiences • Low numbers of ATCOs in the classrooms • Training offers failure ICAEA – Paris 2013

  3. The Three Cultures

  4. Training at CIPE • 4 Regional Administrations • Bt 5 and 6 main airports in each Region • Each airport represents a UCAPI (Aviation English Training Unit) • 23 UCAPIs • Bt 23 and 30 AE Trainers in charge of ATCOs training Centro de Capacitación, Instrucción, Perfeccionamiento y Experimentación - Argentina

  5. Argentine ATCOs • 875 throughout the country • 550 in charge of international operations • 80 rated levels 4 and 5 • aged 18 to 30 100 ab-initio • aged 25 to 45 310 licensed • aged 45+ 140 licensed Centro de Capacitación, Instrucción, Perfeccionamiento y Experimentación - Argentina

  6. Reasons: • "I have been an ATCO for thirty years now and phraseology has been enough” • "I cannot attend classes because the CAA doesn't allow me to attend within the working timetable". • “To get my LPR rating will mean more work for me” • “We are running out of personnel, which means more workload for us. On top of this, we have to attend English classes? No way!” • “My shift schedule has been prepared without respecting my English classes timetable.” ICAEA – Paris 2013

  7. What’s the message behind these reasons? • Those who are supervisors have a low level of linguistic competence, so they fear to lose respect from their subordinates. • They fear to be replaced by younger controllers, with higher levels of the language. • Those who have never studied a language before feel it is an impossible goal to reach. • They fear to expose their weaknesses in front of their subordinates or peers • They fear to be loaded with extra work for just managing the language. ICAEA – Paris 2013

  8. How do you think we could manage and integrate cross-cultural diversity in the classroom? ICAEA – Paris 2013

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