Domestic pilots must hold English level four certificate in flight to the capital

People's Daily Chongqing, June 14, Xinhua reporter recently held in Chongqing, the flight of Air Communication seminar learned that in order to improve the pilot's English radio communications, to reduce the trouble caused by English call errors, the Civil Aviation Bureau stipulates that by May 2010, the transport Airlines flights in the capital airport Take-off and Landing,　　The pilot and all control units in Beijing must speak in English. With the increasing number of international flights, many problems such as flight accidents, route conflicts and dangerous proximity caused by human errors in English radio communication have become one of the important reasons for endangering flight safety and causing safety hazards. To this end, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) stipulates that, from 08 onwards, all aircraft and helicopters operating in international operations as pilots and copilot, flight pilots must reach the ICAO English radio communication capacity of four or four levels.　　Subsequently, the Civil Aviation Bureau according to the domestic Flight personnel English Foundation is weaker, the examination quantity big characteristic, has launched the Chinese pilot English level test system (hereinafter referred to as PEPEC). It is understood that the PEPEC system to run a year, the effect is significant, as of May 2009, Guanghan, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shanghai, five test sites have completed 2186 pilots of the examination tasks, plus the previous through the ICAO English class examination of more than 4,000 people, at present, our country to get "English four"　　The certificate has more than 6,000 pilots, accounting for 40% of the total number of pilots in China. In order to further improve the level of English radio communication in the capital International Airport and enhance the international image, the Civil Aviation Bureau stipulates that at least 30% of the pilots should use English to communicate with all control units in Beijing from May 5, 2008 onwards.　　May 5, 2009 increased to 60%, May 5, 2010 will reach 100%, which means that, in the future, if pilots fly to Beijing Airlines, must pass the Pepec test, the Civil Aviation Authority issued the "English level four" certificate. Chongqing Aviation President Zhou Yingri said that Chongqing Airlines will take this seminar as an opportunity to actively cooperate with the Civil Aviation Authority, and strive to set up in Chongqing area.