Part I – AVIATION TOPICS

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Ok, shall we start? In this part, you will answer some questions related to aviation.

1) What is V1 and V2? Have you ever aborted takeoff?

2) How was your first flight as a pilot? How did you feel?

3) Why do flight attendants need to know English?

Thank you. This is the end of part one. Let’s move on to the second part of the test.

Part II – INTERACTING AS A PILOT

 

In this part, you will interact with the Air Traffic Control in five different situations. You may ask the controller to say again once. After listening to the controller, you should interact as the pilot. All information is important. You may take notes if you wish.
 

You are the pilot of a twin-engined aircraft. Your call sign is ANAC 123.
Are the instructions clear? OK, so let’s start. Situation number one:

Situation 1) You are going to receive taxi instructions to runway 17 Right to take off from Santiago Airport. Listen to Santiago Ground and read back.
 

Áudio: ANAC 123. Santiago Ground. Follow the Boeing 767 ahead of you to taxiway Zulu. You are number five for takeoff. Runway 17 Right. Stop at the holding point. Contact Santiago Tower on 118.1.

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Now, during taxi you face up to smoke in the cockpit. You decided to start an emergency evacuation. Contact Santiago Ground, inform this situation and say your intentions. Then, listen to the controller and interact.
 

Áudio: ANAC 123. Confirm you have smoke in the passenger cabin. Confirm the number of people on board.

What did the controller say?

Thank you. This is the end of situation number 1. Now, situation number 2.

Situation 2) You are taking off from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France. Listen to De Gaulle
Tower and read back.

Áudio: ANAC 123. Cleared for immediate return and landing. Confirm if you had a burst-tire during takeoff.
 

Now, during takeoff roll you hit a foreign object. Contact De Gaulle Tower, inform this situation and request immediate return. Then, listen to the controller and interact.
 

Áudio: ANAC 123. Cleared for immediate return and landing. Confirm if you had a burst-tire during takeoff.

What did the controller say?

Thank you. This is the end of situation number 2. Now, situation number 3.

Situation 3) You are receiving vectors to land at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Listen to Bole Approach and read back.
 

Áudio: ANAC 123. Bole Approach. Turn left. Heading 150. Descend to FL120. Reduce speed 240 knots.
 

Now, you received instructions to hold at Addis VOR at FL090. You had been waiting on the holding pattern for 20 minutes when your engine number 1 flamed out. Call Bole Approach inform this situation and your intentions. Then, listen to the controller and interact.
 

Áudio: ANAC 123. Cleared for immediate landing. Runway 25 Left. I understood you have flames coming out from your left engine. Confirm.

What did the controller say?

Thank you. This is the end of situation number 3. Now, situation number 4.

Situation 4) You are on the final approach at Santiago Airport. Listen to Santiago Tower and read back.

Áudio: ANAC 123. Santiago Tower. Cleared to land, runway 17 Right. After landing vacate runway via taxiway Whisky. Contact Ground on 122.5.

Now, during the final approach you faced up to this situation at your 1 o’clock position (show this picture to the task taker). Contact Santiago Tower, inform this situation and say you are going around. Then, listen to the controller and interact.

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Áudio: ANAC 123. Santiago Tower. Turn 30 degrees to the left. Confirm if there is a hot air balloon at your 3 o’clock position.

What did the controller say?
 

Thank you. This is the end of situation number 4. Now, situation number 5.

Situation 5) You are on a cruise flight from Lisbon to Frankfurt. You start facing strong winds and you request to descend. Listen to Frankfurt Center and read back.

Áudio: ANAC 123. Frankfurt Center. You are cleared to descend to FL300. Reduce speed Mach.72 due to traffic saturation.

Now, when you reached FL300 this situation happened to you. Call Frankfurt Center, inform this situation and ask vectors to Frankfurt Airport. (image)

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Áudio: ANAC 123. Descend to FL240. Heading 120. I understood you lost your weather radar.
Confirm.

What did the controller say?

Thank you. This is the end of part two. Let’s move on to the third part of the test.

  

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Part III – UNEXPECTED SITUATIONS 

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In this part of the test, you will listen to three different communications between pilots and air traffic controllers.

 

The recordings will be played twice. There is a five-second pause before the recording is repeated. After listening to the recording, you should tell me everything that the pilot and the controller said. I will then ask you a question.

At the end of Part three, I will ask you to compare the three situations, so please take notes. All information is important. Do you have any questions?
 

Situation 1)
Pilot: PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN. London Control. Speedbird 4582. We experienced severe turbulence. There is a passenger severely injured. We request immediate return to Heathrow Airport.
 

ATC: Speedbird 4582. Roger. Cleared for immediate return. Expect vectors to runway 27 Left.

Tell me everything you heard, please.

From your point of view, how can severe turbulence be dangerous to an aircraft?

Situation 2)
Pilot: MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY. Beijing Center. Garuda 4758. We’ve suffered a depressurization. Descending from FL310 to FL100.

ATC: Garuda 4758. Roger. Turn left. Heading 270 to avoid traffic. Report reaching FL100.

Tell me everything you heard, please.

In your opinion, what are the threats involved during a depressurization?

Situation 3)
ATC: Hainan 3034. New York Ground. I understood you are postponing your taxi because your flight attendant accidentally deployed the escape slide from the front door. Confirm if you need assistance.

Pilot: New York Ground. Hainan 3034. Roger. Our passengers are being disembarked. Request a shuttle bus.

Tell me everything you heard, please.

In your opinion, how is the training for flight attendants at air companies?

Now, after listening to these three situations:
How would you compare them, which one do you think is the most difficult to deal with and why? You may want to compare them in terms of severity, possible solutions or ways of prevention.

Thank you! This is the end of part three. Let’s now move on to the last part of the test, part four.

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Part IV - PICTURE DESCRIPTION AND  DISCUSSION

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In this part of the test, you will tell me what you can see in this picture and what you think is happening in it. After that, I will ask you some questions. Look at the picture carefully. You may take a few moments to think before you start talking.
 

Are the instructions clear?

1) Please describe this picture to me.

2) What do you think happened before this picture was taken?

3) Now imagine that this picture has just been taken: What do you think will happen next?

4) Under what circumstances could it have happened?

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5) Can you imagine improvements that could prevent a tail-strike in the future?

6) Now, I am going to read a statement to you and then you will have to tell me to what extent you agree or disagree with it: “It is difficult to identify a cause for tail-strikes once there are a lot of factors involved.”

Ok, thank you! So this is the end of the test.

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