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ICAO Language Proficiency Requirements Implementation - The Italian situation -

ICAO Language Proficiency Requirements Implementation - The Italian situation -. Professions. Professions. Based on the risk analysis ENAC decided to postpone the time limit for private pilots (with or without IR).

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ICAO Language Proficiency Requirements Implementation - The Italian situation -

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  1. ICAO Language Proficiency Requirements Implementation - The Italian situation -

  2. Professions

  3. Professions Based on the risk analysis ENAC decided to postpone the time limit for private pilots (with or without IR). No significant event caused by italian private pilots and involving their language proficiency is known so far. Full compliance will be assured by Dec. 31/2011 also for pilots holding private IR license involved in international operations (12% of population)

  4. Italian candidates for Language Proficiency Test (professional licenses) TEA failure rate worldwide: 17% TEA failure rate in Italy: 9%

  5. The younger you are, the higher your English level is– but … this is not true in Italy!

  6. APPROVED TESTING CENTERS • Quality system • Security procedures • Administratorsbriefed on standardizedtestingprocedures • 89 CERTIFIED EXAMINERS • curriculaevaluation • certificationsitting • 2 simulated test under supervision

  7. CHALLENGES - DIFFICULTIES APPEALS TO CIVIL COURTS ATTEMPTS OF CHEATING COMPLAINTS TO TOP MANAGEMENT, POLITICS LEVEL, ..

  8. 200 helicopter pilots applied to the Tribunal in order to receive the exemption from the Language Proficiency Test, assuming that their licenses already included the English Aeronautical Radiotelephony Exam. They thought they were not going to pass the Test and they were afraid to loose their job. The Tribunal rejected their appeal. Only three of them haven’t gained level 4 so far.

  9. The cheating issue • We should expect some people to try and cheat: • Many resent the new ICAO English standards (“I’ve been flying for twenty years and never had a problem”) • The consequences of failure are high: pilots/controllers loose their licenses if they are not ICAO level 4 • Pilots/controllers are educated, have status, money and contacts (all the tools necessary to cheat) • In some cultures there is a thin line between “cheating” and “being resourceful”. • Stopping cheating completely is impossible. • All we can hope to do is to minimize cheating.

  10. THE CHEATING ISSUE Someone exhibited a false 6 level Two helicopter pilots submitted a FAA false certificate, but it was easy to discover the cheating. Their licenses were suspended for infringement of Italian Law no. 566’88

  11. THE CHEATING ISSUE Someone corrupted the examiner • The second rater realized that the answers given by some pilots were absolutely the same, even in the words used. • Measures: • Examiner certification voided • tests delivered by the examiner invalidated • test material withdrawn

  12. THE CHEATING ISSUE Someone applied for a level 6 given during a TRPC Some italian pilots submitted a proficiency check form (incomplete) for revalidation of type rating with the box LEVEL 6 YES NO The information sheetstatedthatwasan “informalevaluation” conductedby a TRE, notanassessment.

  13. Good practices employed by TEA People - Administrators/examiners are chosen carefully and appropriately trained - circa 56 TEA test centers Test Materials - stored in lockable cupboard within a lockable room Database – Unique login (only the administrator has access Double-marking – it helps to control quality, but it has also uncovered security breaches in Italy Impersonation – the photograph of the candidate is taken immediately before the test begins, in order to avoid that a friend takes the test for you. Certificates – the TEA certificates contain certain antifraud measures Certificate Validator – online verification site

  14. MILITARY PILOTS A special agreement was signed between ENAC and the Italian Air Force, in order to give credits to military pilots in obtaining a civil professional flight licence. Now, a specific test of aviation english has been developed by the “School of foreign languages” of the Air Force (Loreto) and approved by ENAC.

  15. MUTUAL RECOGNITION Pilots holding anitalian JAR FCL licence and 1. Undertaking a test approvedbyan EASA member State Accepted for andorsement in the italian licence

  16. MUTUAL RECOGNITION Pilots holding anitalian JAR FCL licence and 2. Undertaking a test approvedbyan non EASA member State Onlyforpilotsemployedbyoperatorsofthatcountry 2.a Such State isfullycompliant and postedenoughinformation aboutitto ICAO web site Accepted for andorsement in the italian licence

  17. MUTUAL RECOGNITION Pilots holding anitalian JAR FCL licence and 2. Undertaking a test approvedbya non EASA member State 2.b Such State isnotfullycompliant and/or didn’t post the implementationplanupdatedto ICAO NOT Accepted for andorsement in the italian licence

  18. WHAT’S NEXT?? CHALLENGES Onlyonelanguage – expecially in IFR communications. (lostofsituationalawareness) Toimprovenotonlymaintain the levelofproficiencygained – useof english languageasmuchaspossibleduring duty hours Toauditall the testingcentreseveryyear

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