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Old 1st Mar 2014, 10:32
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mad_jock
 
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Bose there are a couple now that don't even do the exams in the local lingo, only in English after EASA.

I had a bit of a laugh when I found that out. The local caa dude said that they couldn't be bothered making there own up for EASA so got the UK ones. And then the boss decided that all the kids start learning English from the age of 5 and they will have to fly internationally otherwise there is no point having a license. And as there are not a lot of people speak the local lingo outside the country they might as well have the exams in English. And from the pilots I have heard there ICAO 4 is pretty well ICAO 5 everywhere else. Apparently everyone gets 4 on the first shot at the test and then gets 5-6 afterwards. The local kids can have a conversation in English at 7-8 so I don't think the idea is to far fetched.
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