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> it's mandatory for all pilots at least in EASA and FAA rules to be English proficient I would really like to know where you got this from. Been flying in Fra

by m2fkxy 5y ago

> it's mandatory for all pilots at least in EASA and FAA rules to be English proficient I would really like to know where you got this from. Been flying in France privately for 7 years, and not a single time have I been requested to speak English nor my aeronautical English skills had to be assessed for me to enjoy flying privileges. Been also flying abroad, in northern Europe, where the local native language very much is the norm, unless a non-native is exchanging with ATC of course.

NovemberWhiskey 5y ago
Are you instrument-rated? I believe it's an EU legal requirement for you to demonstrate functional competency in English for an instrument rating now.
- m2fkxy 5y ago
  I am not IR. English proficiency is indeed a requirement for IR, but then it is only a subset of aeronautical activity. Flying in France comprises a minor yet significant share of non-commercial, non-IFR operations.
t0mas88 5y ago
Source: I'm a flight instructor :-) the rule you're looking for is FCL.055 It specifies that you cannot use your license privileges unless you have a language endorsement on your license for English or the language used for RT for that flight. So if you have not passed an English test you are only allowed to fly in French airspace and speak French. Maybe the French authorities will issue you a basic PPL without LPE, assuming you'll only fly in France. But many other CAAs will not issue licenses like that, and some won't renew a license without it even if you historically got it without LPE.
- m2fkxy 5y ago
  Again, being proficient in English or in the radiotelephony language used in the country of flight, as per FCL.055, does not equate to "[English being] mandatory for all pilots at least in EASA and FAA", as you said. I could very well fly x-country from France to Germany if I am aeronautically proficient in both countries' languages, yet not being so in English. > But many other CAAs will not issue licenses like that (...) I know for a fact that they do in Spain, France, Germany, and Finland.

by m2fkxy 5y ago

NovemberWhiskey 5y ago

Are you instrument-rated? I believe it's an EU legal requirement for you to demonstrate functional competency in English for an instrument rating now.

m2fkxy 5y ago
I am not IR. English proficiency is indeed a requirement for IR, but then it is only a subset of aeronautical activity. Flying in France comprises a minor yet significant share of non-commercial, non-IFR operations.

t0mas88 5y ago

Source: I'm a flight instructor :-) the rule you're looking for is FCL.055 It specifies that you cannot use your license privileges unless you have a language endorsement on your license for English or the language used for RT for that flight. So if you have not passed an English test you are only allowed to fly in French airspace and speak French. Maybe the French authorities will issue you a basic PPL without LPE, assuming you'll only fly in France. But many other CAAs will not issue licenses like that, and some won't renew a license without it even if you historically got it without LPE.

m2fkxy 5y ago
Again, being proficient in English or in the radiotelephony language used in the country of flight, as per FCL.055, does not equate to "[English being] mandatory for all pilots at least in EASA and FAA", as you said. I could very well fly x-country from France to Germany if I am aeronautically proficient in both countries' languages, yet not being so in English. > But many other CAAs will not issue licenses like that (...) I know for a fact that they do in Spain, France, Germany, and Finland.