NZFF

If you are completing your PPL through to ATPL do the Aviation Language Proficiency Test.
my company now requires it and 75% of carriers require it now world wide.
WOW i just scraped in i got level 4 lowest only 3 Captian's got level 6
if you need info or exam syllabus please PM with your email and ill get it too you ASAP
also a quick link to what is involved LINK HERE
Cheers
Blake
waka172rg

Is this the test where you talk on a phone to the computer and they come back and tell you if you can speak english?

I didn't find it hard at all, level 6

A trip to Palmerston North (Yes THE Palmerston North where Eric was stuck for three years, for those Outrageous Fortune viewers), $100, and a conversation into a telephone which I could've had at home... and I walked away with a level 6 too.

One of the questions I got asked was 'What do you think about the requirement to take the English Language Test?'
I'm sure they enjoyed my answer

nice work guys totally better at English than me good to see its out and about in NZ:lol:
we got charged 246 NZD for the FLE the company paid for it but there is a cheep course of 99$ too. i did is exam:) The L6PD is 99$
The LP6D if you pass first time its yours but if you fail its a 246NZ$ only sit LP6D once
for my level 4 i have to sit again in 3 year's
well i only got 15% in school cert

I recently did the test and scored 6 which is not surprising as I am a kiwi who has been speaking the language for 40 years. I believe there should be an exemption for born and bred New Zealanders, perhaps on the recommendation of a flying instructor. I have however had many experiences where I havnt been able to understand another persons transmission due to their poor English, in fact last month I had to ask someone to repeat their position 3 times as I couldnt understand them, on the third time they didn't even answer. This was inside a MBZ. So yes there is a need for this test, but they need to give some credit to people who already have a proven ability to speak our language.

waka172rg wrote:

QUOTE (waka172rg @ Oct 25 2009, 05:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

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also a quick link to what is involved LINK HERE
Cheers
Blake
waka172rg

If you can read and immediately grasp the cr@p in this document then you are more than proficient in English.
Some mid level, cardigan and sandal wearing bureaucrat trying to justify their pitiful existence.

cowpatz wrote:

QUOTE (cowpatz @ Oct 21 2009, 12:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

If you can read and immediately grasp the cr@p in this document then you are more than proficient in English.
Some mid level, cardigan and sandal wearing bureaucrat trying to justify their pitiful existence.

totally agree its just a money making exercise