Language proficiency exams at ICAO Level 4, 5 and 6, booked online and taken on screen with a live examiner who knows phraseology and when plain English takes over.
Under EASA, Level 4 is re-assessed every 4 years and Level 5 every 6. Level 6 has no expiry for pilots and lasts 9 years for controllers. Sources: Part-FCL FCL.055 for pilots, Regulation (EU) 2015/340 for controllers. Your authority's records always prevail.
Talk&Fly was set up by people who fly and control traffic for a living, tired of language tests about holidays and hobbies.
The exam is built from situations you meet on the job, not from small talk. You might be asked to work through:
Your examiner knows standard phraseology and knows the moment it runs out and plain English has to carry the exchange. That moment is what we rate.
The language proficiency endorsement on your licence, at ICAO Level 4, 5 or 6. Available in English, and in Spanish for pilots and controllers.
The interview runs on radio work: readbacks, non-routine calls, and the exchanges that leave the script.
English for the people who keep the aircraft turning round: cabin crew briefing passengers, ground crew on the apron, maintenance technicians reading and reporting.
The same six descriptors, set in your own working situations.
Radiotelephony for drone operators who work in controlled airspace and need to talk to air traffic control the way crews do.
Clearances, position reports and the unexpected call, in clear English.
Dispatchers, schedulers and planners whose English reaches the flight deck and the tower through every message they send.
An exam in the language of operations, not of the classroom.
Three stages, all from your own screen. The interview with the examiner is recorded, so your result can always be reviewed.
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Six ICAO descriptors are rated. Your level is the lowest of the six, so one weak area decides the result.
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Your e-certificate arrives within five working days, usually sooner. The paper certificate is posted about a week later.
Under EASA rules Level 4 is re-assessed every 4 years and Level 5 every 6 years. Level 6 does not expire for pilots and lasts 9 years for controllers (Part-FCL FCL.055, Regulation (EU) 2015/340). Your authority's records always prevail.
Yes. Any organised group of five or more can have its own session. Write to us with your dates.
We run group sessions on your dates and keep track of renewals, with one contact for all of them.
The full record of your exam, including the recorded interview, is kept for at least five years. You can appeal within one calendar week of receiving your e-certificate by email.
You receive the examiner's full report with advice on what to work on, and you can rebook as many times as you need.
Your endorsement runs out on a date. Book the re-assessment before it does, from wherever you are rostered.
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