English Endorsement

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wzgrza

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English Endorsement Reminder
As a reminder you must have an “English Proficient” endorsed certificate by March 5th in order to comply with the FAA/ICAO mandate.

Anybody know what this is, and what they are talking about?

I recieved this as a message, and was wondering if this is something everyone gets or what? I have citizenship, and never had to do anything like this, so I was wondering if anybody has any info on this.
 
Just go to FAA.gov and order a new pilot certificate, the one that comes in the mail will have the endorsement on the back. It's easy, cheap ($2), and totally worthless.
 
Does everybody need to have this? I have heard about the English Proficient thing, but never actually heard anything from them that I need to have it on my certificate.
 
wzgrza said:
Does everybody need to have this? I have heard about the English Proficient thing, but never actually heard anything from them that I need to have it on my certificate.
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Someone can correct me if Im wrong, but I believe you only need it if your going international. If you plan to fly around the US, you arent required to have it on your license just yet.
 
Just as a point of reference, below is an account of what a native English speaker flying in Japan has to do to maintain his English endorsement. Pretty funny:

"Just completed mine, and let me tell you, it ain't that easy.
Native english speakers, my advice is don't take the test too lightly, especially the computer based Q&As.
The sample tests are too easy, imho.
When it comes to the actual test, quickly scan through the typed Q&As to get an idea of how the oral is going to run, and what you need to be listening for.

The second part of the test is a one-on-one dialogue, that is recorded for assessment by an independent examiner.
My test roughly followed a flight sequence, where I was a crew member, and was required to communicate our needs to ATC.
The other part of this test was describing a picture sequence using past tense.
That's a bit tricky, because as you move from one picture to the next, the tendency is to go into present tense, eg. "Now it looks like the flight attendant has spilled the food on the passengers' laps." iso "Then the F/A spilt food on the passengers."
The picture test also requires the pilot being tested to use his knowledge base of english to make a complete description.

In all, interesting, and not as easy as you might think, as the test requires both a comprehension of english, the ability to describe a sentence in a different set of words, and concentration."
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Well thats just another thing to do. nuts..

Guess i'll check out the FAA website. There goes another couple bucks..
 
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