Dear aviaexperts, More than a decade has passed since the introduction of the ICAO language proficiency requirements to aviation personnel (March 5, 2008). However, questions asked by aviation specialists make us think that the term “language competence” still requires clarification. Here are some of the …
For Aviation English teachers the beginning of 2015 started with Train the Trainers course held on board of B-747-400 – four teachers participated in ‘AirBridgeCargo’ flights. During the flights they had a chance to observe the busy cockpit ‘live’, to see how theory they taught in classrooms was put into practice, so as thereafter to …
In February 2015 two teachers from Aviation Training Center Gumanova Maria and Shumaeva Anna visited one of Moscow’s Air Traffic Control centers in Vnukovo. There they could observe air traffic controllers at work, see the flights from their perspective and understand the specifics of radio exchange in Russian airspace. Among the concerns the …