Reports
You Say Overshoot, I Say Go Around
United States Airline Transport Pilot International Flight Language Experiences
Report 2: Word Meaning and Pronunciation
Prinzo, O. Veronika; Campbell, Alan; Hendrix, Alfred M.; Hendrix, Rudy. U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Office of Aerospace Medicine. DOT/FAA/AM-10/7. Final report. April 2010. 44 pp. Figures, tables, references. Available via the Internet at <www.faa.gov/data_research/research/med_humanfacs/oamtechreports/2000s/media/200819.pdf>.
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has committed itself to developing English language proficiency requirements so that pilots and air traffic controllers in international operations not only speak the same language but also can understand each other with as little ambiguity as possible. The…
