Because the FAA requires all certificate applicants to be able to read, write, speak and understand English, all affected certificate holders are considered to have demonstrated the required language proficiency.
In order to document this proficiency, the FAA are issuing replacement certificates with the required "English proficient" endorsement.
Also fyi - for those pilots who have a FAA based on certificate who have not submitted a Cert of Authenticity within the past 6 months, then you will have to resubmit a new Certification of Authentication request between the CAA/FAA before you can get a replacement FAA certificate.
Are you now saying that UK CAA/PPLs with a 'based-on' FAA/PPL don't now have to go through the rigmarole of travelling to a FSDO in the USA- that the whole thing can be done by post with the appropriate Certificate of Authenticity?
If so do you have an official URL? There has been so much misleading cr*p on this topic in the last 9 months.
Cusco