2-3 years extension won't change anything. Do you think guys will go to UK or US to learn english?.
I am talking about guys who study and/or who did their ATPL in europe(except UK).I did mine in UK, this is why I passed this "level 4 ICAO"requirement.
Spending hours in english books or even going to a school to study english is not enough.
in 2 or 3years we will see the same thing again(deja vu???), and they will have to extend this program again.
I think they will cancel this program or make it much easier for non english native speaker.
Pilots are pretty happy with their RT operator license by knowing some few words in the cockpit.
They won't learn english cuz they don't have the time, the money or the motivation.These english courses are very expensive (6000-7000 pounds and more!) so who is going to pay to learn a better english than just the rudiments?
yes, no need to panic cuz this is utopia!why not russian?, it is one of the 5 ICAO languages.