As the number of planes in our skies continues to grow, so the need for safety becomes even more important

An ICAO review of 28000 incident / accident reports has found that over 70% of the problems were caused by language.

ICAO standards now demand that all pilots flying internationally and all air traffic controllers providing services to international flights must have a minimum level of English.

This level of English is known as ICAO Operational Level 4. The language descriptors (developed by ICAO) can be found here.

"I need to achieve at least ICAO Level 4 in order to meet the new ICAO standards"