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12th Sep 2010, 17:59
TSA is altering its rules to make it easier for foreign pilots to take recurrent training in the United States.

More... (http://www.aviationweek.com/avnow/news/channel_busav_story.jsp?id=news/awx/2010/09/09/awx_09_09_2010_p0-253220.xml&source=rss)
GlueBall
12th Sep 2010, 20:23
If the applicant is unable to speak, read, write English then he/she would not be eligible for a FAA Certificate in the first instance.

Not all foreign applicants are interested in obtaining FAA certificates; they may only be requesting to use the simulator facilities. Could be pilots from Brasil, China or Turkey who fly domestic and don't require Level-4 English... Many pilots of foreign air carriers with foreign licenses contract with simulator operators in the USA.