25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS2006-9.7S

INCREASING AVIATION SAFETY BY ASSESSING ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY AMONG AVIATION POFESSIONALS

H. Eißfeldt
DLR, Germany

Keywords: synthetic jet , actuator, actuation condition, flow control

To improve aviation safety from March 2008 on English language proficiency of aviation professionals will be regularly assessed including language interaction. These new requirements will also be a prerequisite for recruitment. A solution derived at the German Aerospace Center DLR to test English language skills among ab-initio applicants is described.

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