ICAO 4
Operational
Legal minimum to fly internationally. You can do the job. Boards still hear the strain.
Radio English
Level 4 keeps you legal. Boards listen for 5.
Readbacks, not essays. Sixteen drills: hear the call, say the standard line, then reveal. Practise out loud. A silent pass on a screen is not ICAO English.
ICAO 5
Extended
What most Gulf and European interviews are actually scoring. Natural rate, fewer restarts.
ICAO 6
Expert
Does not expire. Not ‘native speaker’ as a passport — it is precision under load.
Callsign GIA 312, runway 27, first time at the field. Ground has you at the south apron.
ATC
Gulf 312, taxi to holding point runway 27 via Alpha, Bravo, hold short of 27.
Phraseology varies by unit. These are ICAO-shaped classroom lines, not a country’s AIP. Study kit · ICAO English note