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English Language Proficiency

English Language Proficiency. Examiner Seminar – Hamilton 08. 61.105 Solo flight requirements. ...must not fly solo unless- ...the person has sufficient ability in reading, speaking, understanding and communicating in the English language

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English Language Proficiency

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  1. English Language Proficiency Examiner Seminar – Hamilton 08

  2. 61.105 Solo flight requirements... • ...must not fly solo unless- • ...the person has sufficient ability in reading, speaking, understanding and communicating in the English language • To enable them to adequately carry out the responsibilities of a pilot-in-command...

  3. ...also... • ...they have received instruction and demonstrated competence in... • Practical flight radiotelephony • Logbook proficiency sign off

  4. What criteria is applied in practise? • A guideline standard or criteria is available • ICAO determined Operational level 4 as safest minimum proficiency skill level • Encourage use of this • In practical terms compare performance with level three

  5. Policy advice to your protégé... • Consider FRTO exam pass before first solo • Timetable L6PD or FLE - immediately following written exams • Consider operator policy ELP before solo X/C • Consider a pre-requisite ELP eg IELTS 5.5

  6. Currently ELP... • Pre-requisite of licence issue • Proposed as pre-requisite of flight test

  7. Remember in PPL flight test... • Flight Examiner currently assesses RTF competence & by implication ELP • You have level three/four available to assist in determining a minimum standard • Uenlss tehres qsuetnios eojny yuor lcnuh

  8. LANGUAGE PLOBLEM • I had a bunch of Canadian dollars I needed to exchange, so I went to the currency exchange window at the local bank in Vancouver. • Short line. Just one lady in front of me . . a little old Asian lady who was trying to exchange yen for dollars and she was more than a little irritated. •  She asked the teller,'Why it change?? Yesterday, I get two hunat dolla fo yen. Today I get hunat eighty?? Why it change? Why it change?‘ • The teller looked at the old lady, shrugged his shoulders and said, 'Fluctuations.‘ • The Asian lady angrily replied, 'Fluc you white people, too!'

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