Source: China Daily
04-03-2009 10:48
Special Report: Tech MaxChina may become the next battlefield for aviation English training organizations, a top executive from an international language teaching school said on Wednesday.
"The aviation English training market potential is massive in China given the country's fast growing commercial aviation market," said Finian Connolly, CEO of Edgewater College. Founded over 15 years ago in Ireland, Edgewater College specializes in aviation English language teaching.
The International Civil Aviation Organization required in 2006 that all airline pilots who fly overseas must have a minimum level of English and complete a level-4 test, the minimum acceptable level, before March 2008. Miscommunication is part of the reason for a substantial number of incidents in the aviation industry, Connolly said.
