Structure
Structure: ‘Must have / can’t have’
How investigators talk about a crash they weren't there to see: must have and can't have for confident deductions about the past, at C1.
ICAO Level 6
Aviation English at ICAO Level 6 (expert) — the top of the ICAO rating scale, roughly CEFR C1, where language stops being a limitation. Advanced practice for aviators pursuing full, effortless fluency in operational and everyday contexts.
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Structure
Structure: ‘Future in the past’
Learn the 'future in the past' (was/were going to, was/were to, would) through the FAA's emergency flight reductions during the 2025 US government shutdown, with an…
Article
29 May 2023
C919 Enters Service as China Challenges Airbus and Boeing
China's home-built COMAC C919 made its first commercial flight, the duopoly's first real challenger in a generation.
Article
12 Jan 2023
FAA System Failure Triggers First US Ground Stop Since 9/11
A deleted database file halted all US flights on 11 January 2023, triggering the first nationwide ground stop since the September 11 attacks in 2001.
Article
20 Sep 2022
FAA Rejects Republic Airways’ 750-Hour Pilot Plan
The FAA denied Republic Airways' bid to let LIFT Academy graduates qualify as first officers at 750 flight hours instead of 1,500.
Article
3 May 2022
Qantas Orders A350s to Fly the World’s Longest Routes
Qantas confirmed a firm order for twelve Airbus A350-1000 jets on 2 May 2022, relaunching Project Sunrise and its plan for nonstop flights to London and…
