Exam

ICAO English exam is the most frequently provided service in Aero Language. We strive to provide everything pilots and student pilots need. Therefore, you can also be interested in our ICAO English exam preparation course, which will equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary for a successful ICAO English exam.

If you are a future IFR pilot, you might also be interested in taking the IR English Exam. We are one of the few organizations in the region authorized to provide this exam. And apart from that, we love cooperation. If you are a flight school, an airline, or a trainer of English, we have something to offer you as well.

Almost all services provided by Aero Language to individuals can also be provided on a business-to-business basis.

Therefore, your flight school, airline, or flying club can manage aviation English with the help of Aero Language. If you are a language trainer, Aero Language can provide you with ICAO language examiner training allowing you to provide ICAO English exams yourself. It's up to you if you provide the exams under you own brand, or under ours.

For pilots already having a pilot license, we offer further modular flight training provided by our flight school. ProfiPilot Academy provides a wide range of flight courses ranging from private pilot license training to ATLP(A).

If your qualification expires, ProfiPilot Academy can provide flight training in order to revalidate or renew the expired qualification along with the license proficiency check itself.

Flight training provided by ProfiPilot Academy can be combined with Aero Language, Flight Examiner, and senior flight examiner services. Hence, you can get the flight training along with flight exam, and ICAO English exam under one roof of ProfiPilot group.

Since 2008, if you are a pilot or an ATC communicating in English or in contact with international air traffic, you are required to pass the ICAO English Language Exam. The only case when you don't need the ICAO Exam is when you don't fly internationally.

The ICAO English Exam can be performed by any of our Aero Language network examiner. We provide the exam in accordance with the ICAO and EASA requirements. Depending on your level and knowledge of English, you will be conferred an ICAO Level and depending on the Level conferred, you will be assigned the ICAO English Exam validity. ICAO English Level 6 has an unlimited validity for pilots.

Our certificates of language ICAO English proficiency are issued in accordance with the ICAO and EASA regulations. Our ICAO English Language exams are therefore valid and accepted internationally.

Apart from that, before taking the ICAO English Language exam, you can take part in our ICAO English Preparation Course.

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Aero Language as a registered trademark of ProfiPilot s.r.o. is authorized by the Slovak Transport Authority to provide training and examination of aviation English in accordance with the ICAO Doc 9835 and the European Commission Regulation No. 1178/2011 (Part - FCL). ProfiPilot Academy fligh school provides high-quality flight training.

Step 1: Registration

First, we need to get to know you a bit. We need to know your name, who you are, what profession you have. Also, we might need some further information in order to provide you the best service possible. The application is an official document which can be filled out electronically on our website. However, we prefer if you send it as an interactive PDF format. In ProfiPilot group, we have a system of data protection in accordance with GDPR standards. Your personal data are safe with us.

Based on the application, you'll be contacted by one of our language examiners, with whom you'll agree the details of the exam such as place and date.

Step 2: Exam

The ICAO English exam itself does not take more than 25-35 minutes. To be safe however, it is better if you set aside at least an hour. We are flexible and able to provide the ICAO English exam on an ad-hoc basis. The exam cannot begin without the exam fee fully paid.

Our examiner who will have meanwhile prepared all the administrative materials needed for the exam will be waiting for you at the place you agreed on.

The exam contains a number of sections. Our examiner will be talking to you and asking questions. You should expect a fluent conversation rather than technical aviation communication. Be as fluent and precise as you can. The examiner will be rating sections of the exam simultaneously with examining you.

The exam is divided into the following parts:

• conversation
• describing aviation themed picture
• reading and translation of aviation themed text
• listening comprehension and reproduction of phraseology recording

The examiner is mainly interested in your:

• pronunciation
• grammatical structures
• vocabulary
• fluency
• comprehension
• interaction

After the exam, you will simply shake hands (you don't have to if you don't want to actually...) and leave. You will be informed about your ICAO English exam results via email.

Step 3: Rating

International regulations require all ICAO English exams to be rated by at least two independent language professionals. First rating is performed synchronously with the exam. Second rating is performed separately by an independent rater within our Aero Language network. It is important that the examiner's and the rater's ratings of ICAO English level concur. The final ICAO English level is determined by the lowest rated section. If the examiner and the rater do not agree on the same ICAO English level, a third independent rater enters the process, assesses your skills, and determines the final ICAO English level. This is, of course, our internal process, and you are not required to sit another exam. If you are not satisfied with your final ICAO English level, you can appeal. However, this has to be done within 24 hours of learning about the results.

Depending on your language skills, the ICAO English exam is rated on a scale from 0 (pre-elementary) to 6 (expert). Operational level starts at Level 4.

Depending on the ICAO Level achieved, your ICAO English exam has following validity:

• LEVEL 4 - 3 years pursuant to ICAO and 4 years pursuant to Regulation No. 1178/2011
• LEVEL 5 - 6 years
• LEVEL 6 - unlimited (only for pilots)

Step 4: Certificate

If you agree with the results of the ICAO English exam, you will be issued a language proficiency certificate. The certificate is an official document. The Authority regulating your license (SOLI - state of license issue) will also be notified of your results. You can request the state of license issue to have your ICAO English qualification endorsed into your license. Some states allow examiners or testing providers to endorse the qualification into licenses themselves. If this happens to be your case, we will be happy to do it. In other cases, however, the qualification will have to be endorsed by the Authority of the SOLI. This is usually done by taking your old license and issuing you a brand new one.

EASA IR English exam is required by the European Commission Regulation No. 1178/2011, Part FCL, statute FCL.055. Without the exam, the IR(A) qualification will not be endorsed into the license.

Flight examiner simulates communication between the pilot and the ATC, rates the IR English exam in real-time, and marks the exam PASS/FAIL.

The service can be useful for flight schools providing flight training for IR(A) qualification.

The applicant has to undergo an IFR flight simulation, where the flight examiner takes on the role of an ATC, and the applicant takes on the role of an IFR pilot. This is to make sure the applicant is able to use English in IR operations.

As a part of the IR English exam, the examiner focuses mainly on applicant's ability to respond to the following situations:

• listening and comprehension of ATIS, flight planning
• initial contact with ATC and flight permit
• taxi clearance
• emergency procedures during taxiing
• takeoff clearance
• departure procedures
• emergency procedures
• alternate airport diversion
• holding patterns entry procedures
• maintaining holding patterns
• approach procedures
• landing clearance and taxiing clear of runway
• apron taxiing
• preventing unauthorized runway incursions
• engine switch off

Language proficiency is a part of the flight training and the flight school should prepare you for the proficiency exam. The exam is required by the Commission Regulation No. 1178/2011, Part FCL, statute FCL.055 for all pilots before their first solo flight at the latest. Language proficiency is endorsed into pilot license even if your hold only PPL and fly VFR.

Flight examiner simulates communication between the pilot and the ATC, rates the IR English exam in real-time, and marks the exam PASS/FAIL.

The service can be useful for flight schools providing flight training for PPL(A) and LAPL(A) qualifications.

The applicant has to undergo an VFR flight simulation, where the flight examiner takes on the role of an ATC, and the applicant takes on the role of an VFR pilot. This is to make sure the applicant is able to use English in VFR operations.

As a part of the Aviation communication exam, the examiner focuses mainly on applicant's ability to respond to the following situations:

• listening and comprehension of ATIS, flight planning
• initial contact with ATC and flight permit
• taxi clearance
• emergency procedures during taxiing
• takeoff clearance
• departure procedures
• emergency procedures
• alternate airport diversion
• holding patterns entry procedures
• maintaining holding patterns
• approach procedures
• landing clearance and taxiing clear of runway
• apron taxiing
• preventing unauthorized runway incursions
• engine switch off

Licence proficiency check is important for holders of EASA pilot licenses. It is necessary for revalidation of your qualifications. For instrument rating and any multi-engine aircraft rating, the licence proficiency check is required each 12 months. For any singlei-engine aircraft rating, the licence proficiency check is required each 2 years. The validity of flight instructor and flight examiner certificate is 36 months. To have your qualifications revalidated, it is necessary to undertake licence proficiency check with a flight examiner.

In ProfiPilot Group, we have flight examiners with a wide range of authorizations up to senior flight examiner.

We provide license skill tests, license proficiency checks, and assessments of competence for several flight schools and airlines in Europe.

The license skill tests, license proficiency checks, and assessments of competence provided by us can also be provided to applicants, whose licenses were not issued by the country (SOLI - state of licese issue), which authorized our examiners.

Combining all our services, you get the opportunity to have everything you need under one roof at ProfiPilot Group.

The validity of the qualifications is as following:

Pilot licenses - LAPL(A), PPL(A), CPL(A) and ATPL(A) have unlimited validity. Only instrument, class, and type ratings, along with instructor certificate need to be revalidated.

EASA Flight examiners are authorized to perform the following exams: (license skill tests, license proficiency checks, and assessments of competence.

Revalidation and renewal of class ratings, type ratings and instructor certificates:

• EASA SEP(land) revalidation
• EASA MEP(land) revalidation
• EASA revalidation TMG
• EASA revalidation CRI(A)/SE(SPA)
• EASA revalidation CRI(A)/ME(SPA)
• EASA revalidation IRI(A)
• EASA revalidation FI(A)
• EASA revalidation IRI(A)/ME(SPA) - MEP(land)/IR
• EASA revalidation IRI(A)/SE(SPA) - SEP(land)/IR
• Re-validation Cessna C525 Citation

Obtaining of class ratings, type ratings, instructor certificates and flight crew licenses:

• Light airplane license LAPL(A)
• Private pilot licence PPL(A)
• Commercial pilot licence CPL(A)
• EASA Skill test SEP(land)
• EASA skill test MEP(land)
• EASA Skill test TMG
• Class rating instructor - CRI(A)/SE(SPA)
• Class rating instructor - CRI(A)/ME(SPA)
• EASA Flight instructor - FI(A)
• Instrument rating instructor - IRI(A)
• EASA Instrument rating - IR(A)/ME(SPA) - MEP(land)/IR
• EASA Instrument rating - IR(A)/SE(SPA) - SEP(land)/IR
• Skill test - Cessna C525 Citation

Every flight examiner has to undertake the so-called examiner assessment of competence at least once a three years. The examiner assessment of competence can be provided only by an aviation authority inspector, or by an authorized senior flight examiner. Within ProfiPilot Group, we provide complex aviation exam services. Aero Language and ProfiPilot Academy provide the examiner assessments of competence in cooperation with Flight-examiner.com and senior flight examiner.

Apart from the flight exams, we provide ICAO English and IFR English Exams. Our partner language assessment body - Aero Language is authorized to administer training courses as well as language proficiency exams for the whole range of aviation personnel in accordance with ICAO Regulations and Commission Regulation No. 1178/2011.

Our EASA senior examiners are authorized to provide the following examiner assessments of competence:

FLIGHT EXAMINER FE(A)

• Flight examiner FE(A) for LAPL(A) - light aircraft pilot license - obtaining, revalidation, and renewal
• Flight examiner FE(A) for PPL(A) - private pilot license - obtaining, revalidation, and renewal
• Flight examiner FE(A) for CPL(A) - commercial pilot license - obtaining, revalidation, and renewal

CLASS RATING EXAMINER CRE

• Class rating examiner CRE for SEP(land) - single-engine piston aircraft - obtaining, revalidation, and renewal
• Class rating examiner CRE for MEP(land) - multi-engine piston aircraft - obtaining, revalidation, and renewal
• Class rating examiner CRE for TMG - touring motor gliders- obtaining, revalidation, and renewal
• Class rating examiner CRE for - CRE - IRR renewal
  

INSTRUMENT RATING EXAMINER IRE(A)

• Instrument rating examiner IRE(A) for SE(SPA) single-engine single-pilot aircraft - obtaining, revalidation, and renewal
• Instrument rating examiner IRE(A) for ME(SPA) - multi-engine single-pilot aircraft - obtaining, revalidation, and renewal
• CRE extension to IRE(A) - for CRE - renewal
  

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR EXAMINER - FIE(A)

• FIE(A) for flight instructor - FI(A) - obtaining, revalidation, and renewal
• FIE(A) for single-engine piston aircraft class rating examiner - CRE SEP(land) - obtaining, revalidation, and renewal
• FIE(A) for multi-engine piston aircraft class rating examiner - CRE MEP(land) - obtaining, revalidation, and renewal
• FIE(A) for instrument rating instructor IRI(A) - obtaining, revalidation, and renewal
• FIE(A)/TRE(A) for TRI(A) - type rating examiner for Cessna C525 Citation - obtaining, revalidation, and renewal

TYPE RATING EXAMINER - TRE(A)

• Type rating examiner TRE(A) for Cessna C525 Citation - obtaining, revalidation, and renewal

SYNTHETIC FLIGHT EXAMINER - SFE(A)

• Synthetit flight examiner SFE(A) for Cessna C525 Citation - obtaining, revalidation, and renewal

ICAO English

ICAO English language examiner - LPE

• EASA English proficiency up to LEVEL 6
• ICAO English proficiency up to LEVEL 6
• ICAO/EASA Slovak proficiency up to LEVEL 6
• EASA IR English in accordance with FCL.055(d)

Letecká angličtina Bratislava je služba, ktorú poskytujeme v spolupráci s Aero Language. Avšak preskúšanie ICAO English v Bratislave nie je viazané geograficky len na Bratislavu a jej najbližšie okolie.

Letecká angličtina v Bratislave a jej preskúšanie môže byť zrealizované prostredníctvom siete Aero Language ktorýmkoľvek examinátorom jazykovej spôsobilosti, prakticky na akomkoľvek geografickom mieste.

Aero Language ako language assessment body poskytuje preskúšanie leteckej angličtiny v Bratislave aj pre iné odbornosti. Ako príklad môžeme uviesť preskúšanie leteckej IFR angličtiny. Okrem leteckej angličtiny však poskytuje Aero Language aj preskúšanie leteckej slovenčiny. To je určené pre zahraničných pilotov, ktorí ovládajú Slovenský jazyk, avšak slovenčina nie je ich materinský jazyk.

Pre pilotov IFR, alebo letecké školy poskytujúce letecký výcvik IFR realizuje Aero Language aj preskúšanie Letecká  IFR angličtina Bratislava taktiež priamo v Bratislave, alebo v priľahlom okolí.