Day 3_PPT06

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Civil Aviation Authority of the Republic of
Poland Update on the national implementation
practices
Saint Petersburg 2011
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Current issues related to Language Proficiency
Requirements

• All ATCOs and Pilots tested
• License endorsement process completed by end of
  May 2011
• Examiner and rater re-acreditation process
  completed
• National Administrators re-acreditaion process
  completed
• Separation of initial and recurrent testing
  initiative
• Amendments of National Regulations concerning
  Licensing in progress

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ICAO LPR compliance after March 5, 2011

ATCOs ELPAC test All ATCOs tested 94
received Level 4 or 5 Remaining do not work
as ATCOs PILOTS RELTA test / foreign
tests All pilots involved in international
operations tested 96 recived Level 4, 5 or 6
Remaining do not operate internationally
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ICAO LPR compliance after March 5, 2011

• Number of exams above 200
• Number of license endorsements above 400
  (including tests taken outside Poland)
• since January 2011 until end of March 2011

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End-users perspective

ATCOs ELPAC test No complaints (keyboard
issue) PILOTS RELTA test Too difficult
another option (commercial test adopted in
Poland) Test scenarios vs. real life situations
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• Co-operation of States
• LP tests taken outside Poland
• Co-operation of CAAs to ensure validity of LP
  test certificates
• Poland is currently co-operating with a number of
  foreign Civil Aviation Authorities to ensure ICAO
  LPR compliance
• Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Lithuania,
  Romania, Slovak Republic, Ukraine, United
  Kingdom, United States, Vietnam. Thank you for
  your support and proffessionalism!

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Difficulties

• Acceptance of non EU endorsements
• Level 4 is Level 4 quality / equality of
  different LP tests
• Inconsistent legal regulations
• Discontent of aviation industry

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Thank you for your attention!