-- BEIJING - Tough new rules on English language standards could ground thousands of Chinese commercial airline pilots, state media reported Friday.As in most things coming out of China these days, there is a marked lack of concern and quality control.
Xinhua news agency said the rules, approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization in 2006, require all airline pilots who fly overseas to pass an English-language competency test by March 2008.
It quoted senior CAAC official Chen Guangcheng as saying that of the over 700 pilots who took the test in the first half of 2007, more than 600 passed.It's the Dollar Store mentality yet again.
But that leaves close to 8,000 pilots still grappling with “The Test of English for Aviation.”
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