| The language for all aviators and air
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| | abbreviations; and a vast array of
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| traffic control officers (ATCOs) who wish
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| | aviation-related vocabulary, which most
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| to operate internationally is English.
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| | native speakers of English seldom use in
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| The International Civil Aviation
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| | everyday life. In addition, all aircraft
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| Organization (ICAO) has produced a
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| | operators require an appreciation of
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| creditable and expansive manual, which
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| | medicine, biology, and human performance
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| details future English-language
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| | limitations. Furthermore, all concerned
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| communication requirements for aircraft
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| | with aircraft operations are required to
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| operators. Those requirements come into
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| | undergo daily briefings, both oral and
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| effect on 5 March 2008. The ICAO
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| | written, and have to read and fully
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| document, which details the
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| | understand numerous daily and periodical
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| English-language proficiency requirements
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| | publications: for example, Flight
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| is, to all intents and purposes, a
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| | Information Publications, which provide
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| Statement of Requirement. Training
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| | essential information and warnings
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| providers Worldwide, and the aviation
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| | related to flight safety, and Notices to
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| industry as a whole, therefore need to
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| | Airmen, which provide information
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| adapt to meet the demand and the
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| | concerning daily changes within the
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| challenge faced by all concerned. The
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| | aviation environment. Comprehending these
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| requirement is to raise standards in
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| | documents would prove a significant
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| aviation communications globally,
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| | challenge to any aircraft operator who is
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| commonly referred to as Aviation English.
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| | not a native speaker of English. In
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| However, there needs to be greater
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| | addition to speaking and listening skills
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| understanding that the term 'Aviation
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| | in English, therefore, reading
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| English' covers a considerably wider
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| | comprehension is a skill that should also
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| field of knowledge and expertise than
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| | be given emphasis in any Aviation English
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| many currently appreciate. The following
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| | training syllabus. To become a successful
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| is designed to provide some indication as
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| | pilot or ATCO, one requires a very high
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| to the degrees of enormity and complexity
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| | degree of a particular type of aptitude,
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| that the industry faces in contributing
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| | coupled with a supreme mental agility of
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| to, and in meeting the task of imposing
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| | many different kinds. However, it is
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| safe English-language communication
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| | important to note that the aptitude
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| skills among aircraft operators
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| | required to be a successful pilot, is
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| World-wide. Pilots and ATCOs are at the
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| | very different to that required to be an
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| front line of aircraft operations. The
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| | effective and competent ATCO.
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| extent of the training that these
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| | Nevertheless, both professions require
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| personnel have to endure to achieve full
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| | individuals to have the ability to be
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| operational status is enormous. Training
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| | extremely calm under pressure, to
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| can extend to periods of up to 2 years in
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| | multi-task both mentally and physically,
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| the case of pilots and tends to comprise
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| | and to assimilate information quickly and
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| one long, uninterrupted process. In the
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| | effectively and to act upon it correctly
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| case of ATCOs, however, because of the
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| | and decisively. At the end of their
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| different specialisations involved in
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| | rigorous and lengthy process of training,
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| that function and their varying degrees
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| | and when they have achieved full
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| of complexity, training tends to be
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| | operational status, these individuals
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| conducted in phases, as controllers'
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| | possess a wealth of knowledge and have
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| progress through their individual career
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| | well-honed and acute mental and physical
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| paths and gain experience in the
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| | skills. However, even fully-trained and
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| different specialisations open to them.
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| | experienced, pilots and ATCOs are
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| In both cases, training is ongoing, not
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| | continually operating at the extremes of
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| only because of the degree of knowledge
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| | effective human capability, whereby
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| required, due to ever-changing working
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| | everyday, decisions they make as
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| locations, but also because of the
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| | individuals can, in many cases, mean the
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| continual updating of the equipment in
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| | difference between life and death for
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| use, ongoing revisions to the rules and
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| | others. Therefore, at any stage within
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| regulations, and also frequent changes in
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| | this ongoing process of professional
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| the air traffic operating environment.
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| | development, to expect an aircraft
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| Following a rigorous selection process,
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| | operator to repeat the entire very
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| whereby only very small percentages of
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| | demanding and complex training process in
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| individuals actually have the aptitude to
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| | a second language, is a daunting
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| be successful pilots or ATCOs, there
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| | prospect. Indeed, it is hard to
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| begins a learning process that is
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| | assimilate the degree of difficulty
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| extensive in respect of the degree of
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| | involved, because, yet another factor
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| fundamental knowledge required by
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| | comes into play: that of an individual's
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| aircraft operators in a wide range of
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| | degree of aptitude as a linguist. When
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| fields. In addition to the many practical
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| | assessing the operational and
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| skills required to perform their
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| | international requirement within the
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| respective roles, pilots and ATCOs
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| | aviation community for precise and
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| require extensive knowledge of the
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| | accurate communications in English, both
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| following: meteorology; physics;
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| | in the air and on the ground, there are
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| geography; navigation; maps and charts;
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| | several factors to be considered: the
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| theory of flight; mechanics; aircraft
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| | vast array of different communications
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| construction; airframes and engines;
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| | and means of communication in use; the
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| electrics, electronics and avionics;
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| | skills necessary to communicate
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| instrumentation; hydraulics; rules of the
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| | effectively, by which ever means; and the
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| air; aviation rules and regulations, both
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| | difficulties faced by non-native speakers
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| in the air and on the ground; and air
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| | of English, who require to perfect those
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| traffic control regulations. Aircraft
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| | communication skills, with all their
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| operators are also required to have a
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| | inherent complexities, in a second
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| precise and unambiguous knowledge and
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| | language. Those concerned face an
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| understanding of the following: a vast
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| | extremely difficult and daunting task.
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| range of aviation-related definitions,
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| | Ian Gault is the Executive Director of
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| some straight-forward, others quite
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| | BBSI one of the most highly-accredited
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| complex; a wide range of very precise and
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| | English language schools in the UK,
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| unambiguous phraseology, to cover all
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| | specialising in aviation English
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| routine and non-routine situations; a
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| | training.
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| plethora of aviation-specific
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