FORUM ON LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY OF AVIATION INDUSTRY IN NOVEMBER

KUALA LUMPUR, July 30 (Bernama) -- Come November, a maiden forum on the
implementation of the operational and language proficiency of the aviation
industry will be held here.

It will be the first time that the forum, organised by the International Civil
Aviation English Association (ICAEA) and hosted by the Gulf Golden International
Flying Academy (GGIFA), would be held outside Europe.

It will discuss mostly, the usage of language as the medium of communication
between the pilot and control tower.

GGIFA Aviation English Test Centre manager Abdul Wahab Abdul Rahman told Bernama
here Thursday, that language proficiency played an important role in the
aviation industry.

He said an accident could occur if there was misunderstanding between the pilot
and control tower.

Abdul Wahab said, one of the topics to be discussed at the forum was making it
compulsory for pilots to pass the aviation English test before being allowed to
renew their civil aviation licences.

The two-day forum which begins on Nov 23, will be held at the Grand Dorsett
Subang Hotel.

For registration and enquiries, the public can access the ICAEA website at
www.icaea.pansa.pl and the GGIFA website at www.ggifa.edu.my.
-- BERNAMA